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Pirates of Malaysia (1964)

Pirates of Malaysia poster
Original title
I pirati della Malesia
Directed by
Umberto Lenzi
Genre
action film, adventure film, pirate film
Country
Germany, France, Italy, Spain
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
12
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A rebel pirate named Sandokan and his crew try to stop a British general from forcing a good sultan to step down.

adventurouslight-heartedfast-pacedcheerfulold-fashionedaction-packedswashbuckling

What happens

Pirates of Malaysia (Italian: I pirati della Malesia) is a 1964 swashbuckler directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Steve Reeves as Sandokan the pirate. This film was a sequel to Reeve's 1963 film Sandokan the Great, also directed by Lenzi. Malaysian rebel Sandokan, with his group of renegades, tries to thwart a British general from forcing the good Sultan Hassim to resign in favour of the Imperial crown. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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