PG-13
1986    2h 4mAction, Adventure
6.025%51%6.3
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?
Directed by Roman Polanski

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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
  • Władysław KomarJesus
  • Daniel EmilforkSecretaire
  • Bill StewartGinge
  • Roman PolanskiDirector / Screenplay
  • John BrownjohnScreenplay
  • Gérard BrachScreenplay
  • Tarak Ben AmmarProducer
  • Thom MountExecutive Producer
  • Witold SobocińskiDirector Of Photography
  • Anthony PowellCostume Design
  • Mister ArnMay 25, 2025
    There is nobody in this film that you can connect with or care about; both sides are repulsive.
  • TomVaderApril 14, 2026
    The movie is pretty bad, but it's kind of interesting to see Walter Mattheau as a pirate.

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