Pirate movies

[Miskatonic]

Can anybody recommend pirate-related movies* suitably serious enough (i.e. no singing and dancing) to be inspiration for Freeport?

*Pirate movies - not to be confused with movie piracy.

[vortex]

On 2002-01-20 03:11, Miskatonic wrote:
Can anybody recommend pirate-related movies* suitably serious enough (i.e. no singing and dancing) to be inspiration for Freeport?

*Pirate movies - not to be confused with movie piracy.

My Freeport is a bit like Yellowbeard.
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[Heldenhammer]

Captain Blood (with Errol Flynn)

The Crimson Pirate (with Bert Lancaster)

[anoxos]

Nat & Hayes, and Cutthroat Island are lightweight without stooping to ludicrous, while the three previously mentioned ones are more "dramatic". For a look at privateering (commercialized piracy), try Horatio Hornblower.

[Andavar]

I was influenced by Against All Flags (Errol Flynn) and The Black Swan (Tyrone Power). IMO no discussion of pirate/swashbuckling films would be complete without at least a passing mention of The Sea Hawk (Errol Flynn).

[timemrick]

IMO no discussion of pirate/swashbuckling films would be complete without at least a passing mention of The Sea Hawk (Errol Flynn).

Or Treasure Island--the original, not the Muppet version, though you can't beat that one for silly pirates. Unfortunately, I haven't seen nearly enough pirate flicks beyond that.

Tim