The Millionaire Pirate (1919): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1919, The Millionaire Pirate is a fantasy and drama film directed by Rupert Julian, running about 50 minutes.

What it’s about. In the early eighteenth century, pirate captain Jean Lafitte fights a rival pirate and wins a treasure and a beautiful female captive. Although the girl offers herself to Lafitte to save her English lover, Lafitte makes him walk the plank. The girl then places a curse on Lafitte and his descendants, preventing them from ever knowing the true love of woman. Two hundred years later, in the West Antilles, painter Paul Winthrop poses Joe, a pearl diver, as a pirate. Upon seeing the completed painting, each envisions the earlier situation. Later, Joe finds the buried treasure and sails to New York, where he learns that the portrait has also attracted wealthy Lily Demorest and her suitor, Robert Spurr, a "financial pirate."

Who’s in it. The Millionaire Pirate stars Monroe Salisbury as Jean Lafitte, Ruth Clifford as The Girl, Lillian Langdon as Her Mother and Harry Holden as Her Father, among others.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Millionaire Pirate page.

If you liked it. Fans of The Millionaire Pirate tend to enjoy Der Herr der Ringe - Die Rückkehr des Königs, The Green Mile, Chihiros Reise ins Zauberland and Der Herr der Ringe - Die Gefährten.