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The Pirates of Blood River

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The Pirates of Blood River
UK quad poster
Directed byJohn Gilling
Written byJimmy Sangster
Produced byMichael Carreras
StarringChristopher Lee
Kerwin Mathews
Glenn Corbett
Oliver Reed
Music byGary Hughes
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
31 July 1962 (United Kingdom)
August 1962 (United States)
Running time
87 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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]

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

Reception

The film was issued on a double bill with Mysterious Island - which was Britain's biggest grossing double bill of the year.[2]

References

  1. ^ "The Pirates of Blood River". BFI. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
  2. ^ Marcus Hearn, The Hammer Vault, Titan Books, 2011 p55

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