Yankee Buccaneer

Yankee Buccaneer (1952)

SEA ADVENTURE!

A United States Navy ship in the first half of the 19th century, under the command of Captain David Porter, is expecting to put ashore after a year on the seas; but the arrival of one of Porter's ex-students, the willful and independent Lieutenant David Farragut, brings a new mission: to disguise the ship and crew as a pirate ship and help the Navy locate the criminals who have been robbing America's merchant fleet. But as Farragut's disobedience threatens the safety of the crew, they stumble upon an international conspiracy.

Date of release
1952-09-16
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Adventure, History, Romance
Director
Frederick de Cordova

Casting

Interesting facts

Yankee Buccaneer is a 1952 American technicolor adventure film directed by Frederick de Cordova and starring Jeff Chandler as a US Navy officer fighting pirates, and Scott Brady and Suzan Ball. Distributed by Universal-International and produced by Howard Christie, it was shot in Technicolor and was released on September 16. The story is set in the early 19th century and tells of Commander David Porter and his men going undercover as pirates to fight piracy.

Production

Filming took first place in February 1952.

Left over sets from this film were used for Against All Flags, which was released later in the year in December 1952.

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