The Buccaneer
6.6
“The greatest adventure romance in Cecil B De Mille's glorious gallery of screen triumphs!”
French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
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Fredric March
Jean Lafitte
Known for
The Best Years of Our Lives
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Franziska Gaal
Gretchen
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Akim Tamiroff
Dominique You
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Touch of Evil
Alphaville
Margot Grahame
Annette de Remy
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The Crimson Pirate
Walter Brennan
Ezra Peavey
Known for
Rio Bravo
To Have and Have Not
Ian Keith
Senator Crawford
Known for
Queen Christina
Nightmare Alley
George Reed
Nicodemus, a Servant
Anthony Quinn
Beluche
Known for
Lawrence of Arabia
Jesus of Nazareth
Douglass Dumbrille
Governor William C.C. Claiborne
Known for
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
The Ten Commandments
Beulah Bondi
Aunt Charlotte
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
Make Way for Tomorrow
Robert Barrat
Captain Brown
Known for
Captain Blood
Distant Drums
Fred Kohler
Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)
Known for
Underworld
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Cecil B. DeMille Director · Edwin Justus Mayer Screenplay C. Gardner Sullivan Screenplay
Director
Cecil B. DeMille
Screenplay
Edwin Justus Mayer
Screenplay
C. Gardner Sullivan
Screenplay
Harold Lamb
Author
Lyle Saxon
Composer
George Antheil
Cinematographer
Victor Milner
Editor
Anne Bauchens
Costume designer
Natalie Visart
Costume designer
Dwight Franklin
Costume designer
Dan Sayre Groesback
United States release February 4, 1938 · Produced in United States · Languages English, French, Spanish
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Spanish
Release dates
United States · February 4, 1938
Theatrical
Russia
January 1, 1949 · Theatrical
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