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'The Black Pirates' is a 1954 Ansco Color adventure film made by Salvador Films Corp. about a band of pirates scouring a small Central American town for a buried treasure. It was directed by Allen H. Miner and produced from a screenplay by Fred Freiberger and Al C. Ward based on the story by Johnston McCulley.

The film stars Anthony Dexter and Martha Roth with Robert Clarke, Toni Gerry and Lon Chaney Jr.

The tagline of the movie was "Wild Raiders of the Tropic Seas!". It was filmed on location in Panchimalco, El Salvador. Filming started in mid-June 1954 and the movie was released in December and distributed in Latin America under the title 'El Pirata Negro'.

The Black Pirates was the first film that Cinema Research Corporation was hired to do the special effects for.

Plot



Pirates arrive in small town in Central America. When they find a church in the spot they were expecting treasure, they enslave the townspeople to dig for that treasure. But the pirates find there's more to be had than what they expected.

Cast



* Anthony Dexter as Capt. Zargo

* Martha Roth as Juanita

* Lon Chaney Jr. as Padre Felipe (as Lon Chaney)

* Robert Clarke as Manuel Azaga

* Vctor Manuel Mendoza as Castro

* Toni Gerry as Carlotta Luisa Maria Viego

* Alfonso Bedoya as Garza

* Jorge Trevio as (as George Trevino)

;also starring:

: Francisco Reiguera

: Eddie Dutko

: Clai Simmons

: Laura Roth

: Jerry St. John

References




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