If
you like your pirate movies filled with rough and tumble action, believable
characters, lusty ladies and plenty of high seas adventure, this is NOT the
film for you. It stars Tyrone Powers as Jamie Waring, a charismatic cutthroat
who is more than a little dismayed when he finds out his captain, the notorious
Cpt. Morgan (Laird Cregar), has decided to go straight, accept a pardon from his
majesty’s government and become the governor of Jamaica. Rather than hang up
his cutlass and become a law abiding citizen, Waring strikes out on his own and
is soon being chased by the men he used to admire. In terms of adventure, this
is about as tame a pirate movie as you can find, but what it lacks in edge of
your seat action the movie makes up for in lavish sets and costumes, not to mention likable
performances from Power and his leading
lady, the fabulous Maureen O'Hara.
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