The Pirates of Blood River | |
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Directed by | John Gilling |
Written by | Jimmy Sangster |
Produced by | Michael Carreras |
Starring | Christopher Lee Kerwin Mathews Glenn Corbett Oliver Reed |
Music by | Gary Hughes |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates | 31 July 1962 (United Kingdom) August 1962 (United States) |
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.[1]
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.
The film was issued on a double bill with Mysterious Island - which was Britain's biggest grossing double bill of the year.[2]
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.[3]