Swashbuckler
see all genres ›Pirates, merchant seamen and sometimes incongruously glamorous island princesses in tight sarongs offer the landlubber a taste of salt-sea air and nautical adventure. Ocean-based films span decades, genres and hemispheres, from “exotic” tropical-romantic kitsch to docudrama tales of seal-hunting survival in the frequently frozen North.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Edmond Dantes has been wrongly accused of a plot against the post-Napoleonic French government. Condemned to a prison cell in the impenetrable Chateau D'If, Dantes vows vengeance against the four conspirators who framed him. He is particularly anxious to give his ex-friend...Watch Movie
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Captain Kidd
In this deviation from the historical account, Capt. William Kidd (Charles Laughton) is already a clever, ruthless pirate when, in 1699, he tricks the king into commissioning him as escort for a treasure ship from India. He enlists a crew of pardoned cutthroats, including Orange Povey (John...Watch Movie
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Decameron Nights
In the mid-fourteenth century, Boccaccio seeks his true love, the recently widowed Fiametta, and finds that she has fled Florence for a villa in the countryside. When he shows up on her doorstep, Fiametta does not want to invite him to stay, but her friends, bored and lacking...Watch Movie
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The Son of Monte Cristo
In 1865, General Gurko Lanen (George Sanders) is dictator of "Lichtenburg" in the Balkans. Rightful ruler Zona (Joan Bennett) hopes to get aid from Napoleon III of France. The visiting Count of Monte Cristo (Louis Hayward) falls for Grand Duchess Zona and undertakes to help...Watch Movie
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Manhunt of Mystery Island
Clues lead a young couple to a Pacific isle where they find Mystery Island. The girl's father is being held prisoner by the evil Captain Mephisto, a pirate from tw0-hundred years ago who uses his Transformation Machine to travel forward in time and disguise himself as one of...Watch Movie
