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Wikipedia article




'The Pirates of Blood River' is a 1962 British adventure film directed by John Gilling and starring Kerwin Mathews, Glenn Corbett, Christopher Lee and Oliver Reed.

Plot



While in a penal colony, Huguenot Jonathan Standing (Kerwin Mathews) is captured by pirates led by Capt. LaRoche (Christopher Lee) who force him to lead them back to his home village to retrieve a treasure supposedly hidden there.

Cast



* Kerwin Mathews ... Jonathon Standing

* Glenn Corbett ... Henry

* Christopher Lee ... Captain LaRoche

* Peter Arne ... Hench, a pirate

* Marla Landi ... Bess Standing

* Desmond Llewelyn ... Tom Blackthorne

* Oliver Reed ... Brocaire, a pirate

* Andrew Keir ... Jason Standing

* Michael Ripper ... Mack, a pirate

* David Lodge ... Smith

* Dennis Waterman ... Timothy Blackthorne

* Jack Stewart ... Godfrey Mason

* Marie Devereux as Maggie

* Lorraine Clewes ... Martha Blackthorne

* Jerold Wells ... Penal Colony Master

* Diane Aubrey ... Maggie (uncredited)

Reception



The film was issued on a double bill with 'Mysterious Island' - which was Britain's biggest grossing double bill of the year.Marcus Hearn, 'The Hammer Vault', Titan Books, 2011 p55

'Films and Filming' said it was the tenth most popular movie in Britain for the year ended 31 October 1962 after 'The Guns of Navarone', 'Dr No', 'The Young Ones', 'Only Two Can Play', 'The Road to Hong Kong', 'Spartacus', 'The Comancheros', 'Blue Hawaii', and 'HMS Defiant'.British films are tops at box office Author: Douglas Marlborough Date: Monday, Dec. 10, 1962 Publication: Daily Mail p 3

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