Double Crossbones

Double Crossbones (1951)

Yo-ho-ho-ho ... it's a battle of fun !

Falsely accused by the corrupt Governor Elden of Charleston of fencing stolen pirate booty, young Davey Crandall and friend Tom Botts buy passage on the ship of local buccaneer Bloodthirsty Ben. They avoid being killed by faking a case of the pox, which causes the panicked captain and crew to desert the ship. The two find themselves alone, and when a lucky cannon shot hits a mast on a British ship, they find themselves mistaken for pirates. They sail to Tortuga, where they recruit such notorious corsairs as Henry Morgan, Captain Kidd, Anne Bonney, and Blackbeard to lay siege to Chaleston and expose the villain Elden.

Date of release
1951-04-26
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 16m
Genres
Comedy, History, Adventure
Director
Charles Barton

Casting

Interesting facts

Double Crossbones is a 1951 American Technicolor comedy adventure film distributed by Universal International, produced by Leonard Goldstein, directed by Charles Barton and starring Donald O'Connor and Helena Carter. The plot involves a shopkeeper's apprentice who becomes a pirate after being falsely accused of selling stolen goods.

Production

The film was originally known as Half a Buccaneer and was announced in April 1949 with Donald O'Connor attached as its star. Oscar Brodney wrote the script. In August, the title was changed and filming began.

Some of the shots involving the ships at sea were taken from the Universal International 1950 film Buccaneer's Girl.

Actor Jeff Chandler narrates the opening of the film, talking about the history of the world's most vicious pirates and introducing viewers to O'Connor's character.

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