Pirates (1986)
- Starring:
- Walter Matthau, Damien Thomas, (more)
- Director(s):
- Roman Polanski
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
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Although the title evokes a swashbuckling adventure, Roman Polanski's Pirates tuns out to be a seagoing tale with a bit of a difference. Captain Red (Walter Matthau) runs a hardy pirate ship with the able assistance of Frog, a dashing young French sailor (Cris Campion). 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 daughter of the governor of Maracaibo (Charlotte Lewis, soon to co-star in The Golden Child opposite Eddie Murphy). The question is, can he keep this pace up? ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Walter Matthau - Capt. Thomas Bartholomew Red
- Richard Pearson - Padre
- Charlotte Lewis - Dolores
- David Kelly - Surgeon
- Bill Fraser - Governor
- Anthony Peck - Spanish Officer
- Cardew Robinson - Lawyer
- Brian Maxine - Boatswain
- Carole Fredericks - Surprise
- Angelo Casadei - Sentry
- Emilio Fernández - Angelito
- Luc Jamati - Pepito Gonzalez
- John Gill - Carpenter
- Roger Ashton-Griffiths - Moonhead
- Georges Montillier - Duenna
- Bernard Musson - Passenger
- Denis Fontayne - Sailor
- Richard Dieux - Spanish Officer
- Wladyslaw Komar - Jesus
- Smilja Mihailovitch - New Duenna
- Ian Dury - Meat Hook
- Damien Thomas - Don Alfonso
- Cris Campion - Frog
- Olu Jacobs - Boumako
- Roy Kinnear - Dutch
- Jose Santamaria - Master at Arms
- Georges Trillat - Pockmarked Sailor
- Bill Stewart - Ginge
- Josine Comelas - Passenger's Wife
- Jacques Maury - Spanish Officer
- Raouf Ben Amor - Armoury Guard
- Anthony Dawson - Spanish Officer
- Allen Horst - Fiddler
- Eugeniusz Priwieziencew - Hunchback
- Antonio Spoletini - Palace Guard
- Michael Elphick - Sentry
- David Foxxe - Cook
- Robert Dorning - Commander of Marines
- Ferdy [Ferdinand] Mayne - Capt. Linares
- Daniel Emilfork - Hendrik
- Sydney Bromley - Drooler
- Bill MacCare - Jailor
- Director(s):
- Roman Polanski
- Writer(s):
- Roman Polanski, John Brownjohn, Gérard Brach
- Producer(s):
- Thom Mount, Tarak Ben Ammar, Mark Lombardo
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Mild Violence, Adult Language, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Humor)
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- 1986 - Pirates - French Academy of Cinema - Best Costumes
- 1986 - Pirates - French Academy of Cinema - Best Production Design
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