Now, I just think that this one is up me street – an action packed swashbuckler with John Derek and Barbara Rush.
John Derek had played Robin Hood a few years before and was good in this type of role – plus the fact that he looked the part.
Barbara Rush was very beautiful and a good actress too.
It was in Technicolor – so an added bonus for this type of film
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This isn’t really a pirate movie, though there are a few sequences set at sea in 16th-century sailing ships. Instead, most of the action takes place in a small kingdom in the Netherlands where the evil king is trying to squash a revolt led by his virtuous younger brother.
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Carla Balenda, in a supporting role as a haughty Spanish princess, manages to impress. As for John Derek, he looks the real dashing hero
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Director: Sidney Salkow
Writers: John O’Dea, Samuel Newman (screenplay) Stars: John Derek, Barbara Rush, Carla Balenda, Whitfield Connor, Edgar Barrier, Robert Shayne, Harry Lauter
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Action scenes ABOVE and BELOW
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An interesting snippet here – John Hart played a minor uncredited role at the very bottom of the cast list, but the very next outing he had was on TV playing The Lone Ranger – replacing Clayton Moore for a couple of seasons. Clayton Moore had contract problems with the producers – he eventually returned to the role though.
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