Pirates (1986)
Captain Red runs a hardy pirate ship with the able assistance of Frog, a dashing young French sailor. One day Capt. Red is captured and taken aboard a Spanish galleon, but thanks to his inventiveness, he raises the crew to mutiny, takes over the ship, and kidnaps the niece of the governor of Maracaibo. The question is, can he keep this pace up?
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- Box office
- $1.6M
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Walter MatthauCaptain Thomas Bartholomew Red
Cris CampionJean-Baptiste "The Frog"
Damien ThomasDon Alfonso de la Torré
Olu JacobsBoomako
Charlotte LewisMaría-Dolores de la Jenya de la Calde
Roy KinnearDutch
Roger Ashton-GriffithsMoonhead
David KellySurgeon
Michael ElphickSentry
Ferdy MayneCaptain Linares
Daniel EmilforkSecretaire
Władysław KomarJesusKeywords
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What is Pirates about?
Captain Red runs a hardy pirate ship with the able assistance of Frog, a dashing young French sailor. One day Capt. Red is captured and taken aboard a Spanish galleon, but thanks to his inventiveness, he raises the crew to mutiny, takes over the ship, and kidnaps the niece of the governor of Maracaibo. The question is, can he keep this pace up?
How long is Pirates?
Pirates has a runtime of 124 minutes.
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