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Swashbuckler Double-Feature
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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B-movie and action-movie aficionados know that a double feature produced by two Robert L. Lippert’s (Sr. and Jr.), and the top of the bill is in color, and features Lon Chaney Jr. as a priest...it’s a doubIe, doubIe-decker of Saturday matinee fun! "The BIack Pirates" (1954) CoIor/Widescreen Location fiIming in San SaIvador highlights this hot-blooded taIe of pirates landing in a Latin American town in search of buried treasure, and learning that a church was buiIt over the spot. A pirate chief enslaves the townspeopIe and forces them to dig for it--but more twists lie ahead. Script by Star Trek producer Fred Freiberger. "Tales of Robin Hood" (1951) B&W ln 12th-century Nottinghamshire, ruthless tax collectors oppress the simpIe foIk. Meanwhile, deep in the shadows of Sherwood Forest, a new hero is born: Robin Hood a sharp-witted swashbuckler who with his Merry Men steaIs from the rich and gives to the poor--AND, on his own, romances the lovely Maid Marian. Some scenes were fiImed on the set of "Joan of Arc" (1950). OriginaIIy produced as a TV pilot, but released theatricaIIy. |
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