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| Year: | 1945 |
| Rating: | 6.4(526) |
| Listed in: | Action, Drama, Adventure |
| Directed by: | Rowland V. Lee |
| Actors: | Charles Laughton Randolph Scott John Carradine Gilbert Roland John Qualen Barbara Britton |
| "Roaring Seas ! Flaming Hearts ! Riotous Adventure !" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Rowland V. Lee | |
| Actors | |
| Charles Laughton | as Capt. William Kidd |
| Randolph Scott | as Adam Mercy/Adam Blayne |
| John Carradine | as Orange Povey |
| Gilbert Roland | as Jose Lorenzo |
| John Qualen | as Bart Blivens |
| Sheldon Leonard | as Cyprian Boyle |
| William Farnum | as Capt. Rawson |
| Henry Daniell | as King William III |
| Reginald Owen | as Cary Shadwell |
| Abner Biberman | as Theodore Blades |
| Clifford Brooke | |
| Harry Cording | as Newgate Prison Warder |
| James Dime | as Pirate |
| Lumsden Hare | as Lord Fallsworth |
| Al Hill | as Peter Sharfstone |
| Keith Hitchcock | |
| Frank Mills | as Ship's Sailor Waiter |
| Edgar Norton | as Nobleman with King William III |
| Reginald Sheffield | as Captain of the King's Guard |
| Ray Teal | as Michael O'Shawn |
| Eric Wilton | as Nobleman with King William III |
| Frederick Worlock | as Newgate Prison Governor Landers |
| Actresses | |
| Barbara Britton | as Lady Anne Dunstan |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Plot: | In this unhistorical account, Capt. William Kidd is already a clever, ruthless pirate when, in 1699, he tricks the king into commissioning him as escort for a treasure ship from India. He enlists a crew of pardoned cutthroats...and Orange Povey, whom Kidd once abandoned on a reef and hoped never to see again. Of course, Kidd's intentions are treacherous. But there's more to gunner Adam Mercy than meets the eye. |
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Original Soundtracks
| "Rule Britannia" (uncredited) Lyrics by James Thomson Music by Thomas Augustine Arne Heard when toasting the merchant ship and when the ships meet on the sea |
Goofs
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DATE: Tower Bridge wasn't built until 1894, though it's shown here as existing long before, in Kidd's lifetime. Crew: As Lady Anne Dunstan's father is about to be knocked off ship by a swinging treasure chest, and just after he is knocked off deck, a large vertical seam between two of the background flats is clearly visible. Continuity: When fighting in the King's chamber, the nobleman falls between Kidd and the table. In a shot soon after, Kidd stands between the nobleman (still on the floor) and the table. Fact errors: When firing ships' cannons, gun crews would use a slow match, not a flaming brand. CHAR: Sailors (who were unlikely to wear shoes on ships anyway) would never wear shoes into a powder magazine. The chances of a spark from boot/ shoe nails amidst all that powder was too great. Continuity: When Lady Anne drops her bag before leaving the treasure ship, it is returned to her right hand. In the next longer shot, the bag is now in her left hand. |
Quotes
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Capt. William Kidd: There's none would be so loyal, nor fight so desperate, as cutthroats under sentence of death... if they knew that at the end of the voyage a royal pardon would be in their pockets. King William III: I shall hold you responsible for their good conduct. Capt. William Kidd: Between their conduct and mine, your majesty, there will be little to choose. Orange Povey: You cold-gutted shark. Capt. William Kidd: Ahh!... You're a flatterer. [Adam Mercy unearths a skull] Adam Mercy: Who might this be? Orange Povey: Perhaps a man that asked too many questions. Capt. William Kidd: Now then, me bullies! Would you rather do the gallows dance, and hang in chains 'til the crows pluck your eyes from your rotten skulls? Or would you feel the roll of a stout ship beneath your feet again? [first lines] Capt. William Kidd: Stab me, there's a pretty sight! Orange Povey: It'll be prettier still when the fire reaches the magazine, Captain. Cyprian Boyle: Pity though. Lots of stout seamen among 'em. They've been with us a long time. Capt. William Kidd: We can none of live forever, Mr. Boyle. Dead men don't talk. Capt. William Kidd: Your neck will be stretched as long as your memory, one of these days. Capt. William Kidd: Are we such callous rascals that we'd leave a dead comrade without commending his soul to his new master? [the pirates gather around the dead man] Capt. William Kidd: Here lieth one who through treachery and avarice would ahve placed in jeopardy the lives of honest men. And here may he lie forever in the sands of Madagascar. Rest in peace. Capt. William Kidd: I'm one of nature's gentlemen, but I need polish, my good man. If I'm to improve myself... Cary Shadwell: A gentleman only employs the term "My good man" when addressing lower servants or his inferiors, sir. Capt. William Kidd: You see... [sucks his teeth] Capt. William Kidd: ...that's why I want you. [sucks his teeth again] Capt. William Kidd: With my upbringing... Cary Shadwell: A gentleman never sucks his teeth, sir. Many a man's social career has been ruined by less, sir. Capt. William Kidd: Governor, would you be good enough to tell them what we're here for? Newgate Prison Governor Landers: Give heed you-you vermin. Here's news to your advantage... First prisoner: Is the hangman dead, then? Second prisoner: Out with it, Jock Nastyface! Is it that your mother's turned into an honest woman? Newgate Prison Governor Landers: Silence you mutinous dogs! If another man speaks. I'll trice him up by the thumbs and flog him raw! Capt. William Kidd: Tsk-tsk-tsk. Is that the way to win the love of these unfortunate gentleman? Capt. William Kidd: Look you then! I want men with iron in their blood and steel in their sinews. And the first up here is the first enlisted! Adam Mercy: May it please your Majesty, I accuse this man of piracy and murder! Capt. William Kidd: Was ever a gentleman so misfortunate? King William III: Lock him up in Newgate. He's to be held for the next session of the Court of Oyez and Terminer - there to be tried for his life. [the palace guards grab Captain Kidd] Capt. William Kidd: Hands off me, you scum! All I done was for the credit and for the honor and glory of England! [from the scaffold] Capt. William Kidd: So here's me bequest to them what hunts what I have hid and to their sons sons down through the corridors of time: greed that spawns murder; hatred that corrodes the soul; ambition - the foulest strumpet of all. Heckler at Kidd's hanging: [to hangman] Hey, Dick - Dick Kent. Sell me a bit of that rope for a sixpence will you? Capt. William Kidd: Save your money, me lads. You can have it all for nothing if you'll only step here and wear it! [to hangman] Capt. William Kidd: Hurry up, Kent. Can't wait forever. [last lines] King William III: Captain Kidd is dead, my Lord Blayne. His account is closed. Now in what manner can I atone for the injustice I worked upon your father? Off with you, First Sea Lord. What do you suggest? First Sea Lord: We've a fine frigate of 50 guns commissioned for American waters that we thought of naming the "Lady Anne." King William III: It should be a wedding gift to you from the crown for your loyalty and service to King and Country. Capt. William Kidd: But however we do it, it must be legal-like and honest. Cyprian Boyle: Stick to ways you're familiar with. Capt. William Kidd: Why, you pox-raddled villain, I can be as honest as any man if I have the incentive! |
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