Die Piraten am Todesfluss (1962)
Jonathon Standing droht ein schreckliches Schicksal in Form von lebenslanger Zwangsarbeit in einer Strafkolonie für ein Verbrechen, das er nicht begangen hat. Als er flieht, fällt er einer Gruppe Piraten unter der Leitung des einäugigen Captain LaRoche in die Hände, die ihn überzeugen, Gerechtigkeit einzufordern und in seine Gemeinde zurückzukehren. Dort angekommen errichten die Piraten jedoch bald eine Schreckensherrschaft, weil sie hinter der Quelle des Wohlstands der Gemeinde her sind, die Standings Vater Jason versteckt. Als das Gold gefunden ist, wollen sie nur noch auf ihr Schiff zurückkehren, doch der Weg ist weit und die Geiseln sind sich nicht eben wohl gesonnen, denn Jason hat seinen Sohn selbst damals verurteilt...
Der Regisseur:
John Gilling
Die Autor:
John Hunter, John Gilling.
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Kerwin Mathews as Jonathon Standing |
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Christopher Lee as Captain LaRoche |
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Andrew Keir as Jason Standing |
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Glenn Corbett as Henry |
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Michael Ripper as First Mate Mack |
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Peter Arne as Bosu'n Hench |
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Marla Landi as Bess Standing |
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Oliver Reed as Pirate Brocaire |
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Jerold Wells as Penal Colony Master |
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Dennis Waterman as Timothy Blackthorne, the boy |
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David Lodge as Smith |
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Jack Stewart as Godfrey Mason |
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Marie Devereux as Maggie Mason (uncredited) |
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Emile Stemmler as A villager (uncredited) |
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Bert Simms as Old Townsman (uncredited) |
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Denis Shaw as Silver (uncredited) |
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John Roden as 2nd Settler (uncredited) |
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Ernie Rice as Pirate (uncredited) |
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Keith Pyott as Silas (uncredited) |
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Dido Plumb as Prisoner (uncredited) |
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Michael Peake as Kemp (uncredited) |
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Michael Mulcaster as Martin (uncredited) |
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Desmond Llewelyn as Tom Blackthorne (uncredited) |
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Don Levy as Carlos (uncredited) |
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George Hilsdon as Penal Colony Guard (uncredited) |
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John Collin as Lance (uncredited) |
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Bill Brandon as Pirate (uncredited) |
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Jim Brady as Pirate (uncredited) |
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Ronald Blackman as Pugh (uncredited) |
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Richard Bennett as Seymour (uncredited) |
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John Bennett as Penal Colony Guard (uncredited) |
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Diane Aubrey as Margaret Blackthorne (uncredited) |
| Writing | John Hunter | Screenplay |
| Writing | John Gilling | Screenplay |
| Directing | John Gilling | Director |
| Production | Stuart Lyons | Casting |
| Production | Anthony Nelson Keys | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Roy Ashton | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Michael Carreras | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Arthur Grant | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frieda Steiger | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Gary Hughes | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Eric Boyd-Perkins | Editor |
| Writing | Jimmy Sangster | Story |
| Art | Bernard Robinson | Production Design |
| Art | Don Mingaye | Art Direction |