The Pirates of Blood River

The Pirates of Blood River
UK quad poster
Directed by	John Gilling
Produced by	Michael Carreras
Written by	Jimmy Sangster
Starring	Christopher Lee Kerwin Mathews Glenn Corbett Oliver Reed
Music by	Gary Hughes
Production company	Hammer Films
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	1962
Running time	87 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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

Plot

While in a penal colony, Huguenot Jonathan Standish (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
• Lorraine Clewes ... Martha Blackthorne
• Jerold Wells ... Penal Colony Master

Trivia

• Christopher Lee, Andrew Keir and Michael Ripper all appeared in another Hammer pirate film, The Devil-Ship Pirates, in 1964.
• Marla Landi appeared as Cecile Stapleton in Hammer Film Productions' The Hound of the Baskervilles, which also starred Christopher Lee.

Reception

The film was issued on a double bill with Mysterious Island - which was Britain's biggest grossing double bill of the year.

External links

• The Pirates of Blood River at IMDb

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