{"id":5394,"date":"2008-03-20T14:45:17","date_gmt":"2008-03-20T21:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5394"},"modified":"2020-12-20T20:10:03","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T03:10:03","slug":"crimson-pirate-the-1952","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5394","title":{"rendered":"Crimson Pirate, The (1952)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Remember: in a pirate ship, in pirate waters, in a pirate world, ask no questions.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Crimson-Pirate-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Crimson-Pirate-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-58693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Crimson-Pirate-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Crimson-Pirate-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Crimson-Pirate-Poster-178x270.jpg 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Crimson-Pirate-Poster.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter seizing a ship full of arms from Baron Jose Gruda (Leslie Bradley), the &#8220;Crimson Pirate&#8221; (Burt Lancaster) and his trusty sidekick Ojo (Nick Cravat) try to win back the loyalty of their mutinous crew while rescuing a damsel-in-distress (Eva Bartok).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Burt Lancaster Films<\/li>\n<li>Christopher Lee Films<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Pirates<\/li>\n<li>Robert Siodmak Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary refers to this enjoyably innocuous Technicolor adventure as &#8220;perhaps the last first-rate pirate movie&#8221; &#8212; a statement which is no longer <u>quite<\/u> true, given the recent success of <em>Pirates of the Caribbean<\/em> in 2003, but was certainly accurate at the time <em>Guide for the Film Fanatic<\/em> was published in 1986.  As Peary notes, &#8220;you won&#8217;t pay much attention to the plot&#8221;, which isn&#8217;t really all that important &#8212; the emphasis instead is on both &#8220;humor and the high-flying acrobatic stunts of [Burt] Lancaster and Nick Cravat, his former circus partner&#8221; &#8212; these two are the <em>real<\/em> reason to watch closely and enjoy. Surprisingly, this action-packed flick was directed by Robert Siodmak, much better known for his <em>noir<\/em>-ish thrillers; as Peary points out, it&#8217;s a &#8220;fine change of pace&#8221; for him. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lancaster and Cravat&#8217;s phenomenal acrobatic feats together<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/crimson-pirate-lancaster-cravat.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/crimson-pirate-lancaster-cravat.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5398\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Plenty of colorful sets and costumes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/crimson-pirate-colorful.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/crimson-pirate-colorful.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5396\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The humorous opening &#8220;scurvy&#8221; scene<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/crimson-pirate-scurvy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/crimson-pirate-scurvy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5397\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a jolly good pirate show, and one of Lancaster-and-Cravat&#8217;s best outings together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Good Show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0044517\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s848crim.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moria.co.nz\/fantasy\/crimsonpirate.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1952\/08\/28\/archives\/the-screen-derringdo.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Remember: in a pirate ship, in pirate waters, in a pirate world, ask no questions.&#8221; Synopsis: After seizing a ship full of arms from Baron Jose Gruda (Leslie Bradley), the &#8220;Crimson Pirate&#8221; (Burt Lancaster) and his trusty sidekick Ojo (Nick Cravat) try to win back the loyalty of their mutinous crew while rescuing a damsel-in-distress (Eva Bartok). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Burt Lancaster Films Christopher Lee Films Historical Drama Pirates Robert Siodmak Films Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Peary refers&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5394\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5394"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58694,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5394\/revisions\/58694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}