Blackbeard the Pirate

Blackbeard the Pirate

Infobox Film | name = Blackbeard the Pirate


caption = DVD Cover for French film version
director = Raoul Walsh
producer =
writer = Alan Le May
starring = Robert Newton
Linda Darnell
William Bendix
Keith Andes
Torin Thatcher
music =
cinematography = William E. Snyder
editing =
distributor = RKO
released = flagicon|USA 25 December 1952
runtime = 99 min
country = USA
awards =
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0044426

"Blackbeard the Pirate" is a 1952 adventure film made by RKO. The movie was directed by Raoul Walsh and produced by Edmund Grainger from a screenplay by Alan Le May based on the story by DeVallon Scott.

The movie follows Edward Maynard, who sets out to earn a reward by proving that privateer Henry Morgan also engages in piracy. Maynard, however, winds up posing as a surgeon on a ship captained by Blackbeard, who is in the middle of a conflict with Morgan. Blackbeard must deal with Morgan, Maynard, and even his own greedy crew.

The film stars Robert Newton and Linda Darnell with William Bendix, Keith Andes, Torin Thatcher, Alan Mowbray and Richard Egan.

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