The Pirates of Blood River (1962)

Directed by

John Gilling

Genre

adventure film, pirate film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man escapes a penal colony and is recaptured by pirates. He is forced to guide them to his home village where a treasure is supposed to be hidden.

action-packedold-fashionedbriskswashbucklingadventurousearnesttension-filled

What happens

The Pirates of Blood River is a 1962 British swashbuckler film directed by John Gilling and starring Kerwin Mathews, Glenn Corbett, Christopher Lee and Oliver Reed. Escaping from a penal colony, the story's hero, Jonathan Standing, is captured by pirates led by Captain LaRoche who force him to lead them back to his home village to retrieve a treasure supposedly hidden there. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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