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''The Crimson Pirate'' is a 1952 American Technicolor tongue-in-check comedy-adventure film, produced by Norman Deming and Harold Hecht, directed by Robert Siodmak, and starring Burt Lancaster, who also co-produced with Deming and Hecht. Co-starring in the film is Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok, Leslie Bradley, Torin Thatcher, and James Hayter. ''The Crimson Pirate'' is set in the Caribbean late in the 18th century, on the fictional islands of Cobra and San Pero. ==Plot== In the Caribbean, late in the 18th century, Captain Vallo (Burt Lancaster), a pirate known as "The Crimson Pirate", and his crew capture a frigate of the King's navy. The ship is carrying Baron Gruda (Leslie Bradley), the special envoy to the King, who is on his way to the Island of Cobra to help crush a rebellion by rebels opposed to the King's rule. Vallo proposes to make money by selling the frigate's weapons to ''El Libre'', the leader of the rebels. Baron Gruda then proposes to pay Vallo money if he can capture ''El Libre'' and bring him to the Baron. Vallo accepts, and Baron Gruda and his crew are released, Vallo keeping the frigate and releasing Gruda and his men. While some of the pirates complain that this is not pirate business, they soon come around when they find out the large amount of money to be made. Vallo and his crew sail to Cobra, where the captain and his lieutenant, Ojo (Nick Cravat), go ashore, eventually meeting up with the rebels, led by Pablo Murphy (Noel Purcell) and Consuelo (Eva Bartok). Vallo and Ojo learn that ''El Libre'' has been captured and is in the military prison on the island of San Pero. The meeting is interrupted by the King's guards. Consuelo quickly leads Vallo and Ojo to safety, and they return to the frigate. Vallo informs his crew he will rescue ''El Libre'', though Consuelo only believes Vallo is interested in selling weapons to him. She promises Vallo that he will get the money, and then she informs him that ''El Libre'' is actually her father. They set sail for San Pero. Vallo, dressing in clothing left aboard, impersonates Baron Gruda and goes to a dinner held in Gruda's honor by the Colonel of the garrison (Frank Pettingell). For the disguised Vallo, the Colonel puts on display ''El Libre'' (Frederick Leister) and another captured rebel, Professor Elihu Prudence (James Hayter). Vallo orders the prisoners be released into his custody, and he leaves with them, going back to the frigate, which sets sail for Cobra. Consuelo is grateful to Vallo for rescuing her father, but is distraught to find out that Vallo intends on selling her, El Libre, and the Professor to Baron Gruda. Ojo suggests to Vallo that he is in love with Consuelo, but he denies this, but at the same time releases all three prisoners. Consuelo now begs Vallo to come with them but he refuses. Unknown to Vallo, his first mate, Humble Bellows (Torin Thatcher), overhears this exchange. Bellows now plots against the captain for breaking his word to his crew, sending one of his pirates ashore with a message for Baron Gruda. Vallo lets ''El Libre'' and Consuelo go first, but the King's guards are waiting, and ''El Libre'' is killed and Consuelo is captured. The pirates mutiny against Vallo, and Humble Bellows is elected the new Captain. Baron Gruda promises Bellows money for dealing with Vallo. So Vallo, Ojo, and the Professor are cast adrift in a skiff in an outgoing current and left to die. Gruda proposes a toast while presenting the pirates with a barrel of rum. Unknown to the pirates, the rum has been drugged; after consuming the rum and falling deeply asleep, they are captured and transferred back to Vallo's ship, now prisoners for Gruda to sell to the King. Baron Gruda tells Consuelo that she will now marry Herman (Eliot Makeham), the Governor of Cobra, or he will execute everyone on the island. Consuelo is compelled to accept, and Gruda announces the wedding date while intimidating the populace to attend. In the meantime, Vallo, Ojo, and the very clever Professor manage to escape their dilemma by capsizing their boat, in the process trapping a large quantity of air in an air pocket, and then simply walking along the sea bottom back ashore to Cobra; they quickly find out about the coming wedding. Vallo intends to rescue Consuelo, but the Professor convinces him he first needs to free Cobra's people by gaining their cooperation for a revolt. Vallo agrees, and along with the Professor's advanced knowledge, the people of Cobra help build advanced weapons for the coming insurrection, while secretly being trained in their operation. Nitroglycerin grenades, multiple canon tanks, flamethrowers, rapid-firing rifles on revolving drums, and a large inflatable balloon with gondola are constructed in secret. On the day of the wedding, the people unleash their advanced arsenal just before the ceremony, over-throwing the armed guards. Baron Gruda manages to escape to his frigate, taking Consuelo with him. Vallo and Ojo go after them in the large balloon. They spot their old ship, slide down the ballon's tie-down ropes to its deck, and release the pirates. They then go after Gruda's frigate. As the pirate ship gets close, Vallo orders the pirates below deck, making Gruda believe they are about to launch a full broadside. Instead, they sneak out through the gun ports, drop into the sea, and swim underwater to Gruda's frigate. A repentant Humble Bellows stays behind to keep the ship on course, sacrificing himself, just as Gruda orders a broadside that destroys Bellows and the ship. Vallo and his pirates then surface, climbing aboard Gruda's frigate; the guards are defeated in the battle that follows, while the Baron is killed. In victory Vallo and Consuelo embrace. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Crimson Pirate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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