The Pirates of the Mississippi
Appearance
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Directed by | Jürgen Roland |
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Produced by | Wolf C. Hartwig[1] |
Cinematography | Rolf Kästel[1] |
Edited by | Herbert Taschner[1] |
Music by | Willi Mattes[1] |
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Running time | 102 minutes[1] |
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The Pirates of the Mississippi (German: Die Flußpiraten vom Mississippi) is a Western film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Hansjörg Felmy, Brad Harris and Sabine Sinjen.[2] A Eurowestern, it was a co-production between West Germany, France and Italy.[1] Based on the 1847 novel by Friedrich Gerstäcker, the film was the first pairing of Brad Harris and Tony Kendall with Gianfranco Parolini as a second unit director. Kendall reprised his role of Chief Black Eagle in Black Eagle of Santa Fe (1965).
Cast
- Hansjörg Felmy as Sheriff James Lively
- Brad Harris as Tom Cook
- Sabine Sinjen as Evelyn
- Horst Frank as Kelly
- Dorothee Parker as Georgia
- Karl Lieffen as Doc Monrove
- Tony Kendall as Schwarzer Adler
- Barbara Simon as Wichita
- Luigi Batzella as Squire Dayton
- Jeannette Batti as Mrs. Bridleford
- Dan Vadis as Blackfoot
- Danilo Turk as Uncle Jonathan
- Vladimir Bacic as Frank
Release
The Pirates of the Mississippi was released in France on 13 October 1965.[3] It passed German censors on 15 October 1963 and was released to television in West Germany on 22 June 1969.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Die Flußpiraten vom Mississippi". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ Pitts p.251
- ^ "Die Flusspiraten des Mississ". Bifi.fr (in French). Retrieved 11 March 2018.
Bibliography
- Pitts, Michael R. Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland, 2012.
External links
Categories:
- 1965 films
- 1963 films
- French Western (genre) films
- Italian Western (genre) films
- German Western (genre) films
- German historical films
- French historical films
- Italian historical films
- 1960s Western (genre) films
- 1960s historical films
- French films
- Italian films
- West German films
- Films directed by Jürgen Roland
- Films set in the 19th century
- Films set in Arkansas
- Films based on German novels
- 1960s Western (genre) film stubs