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(1945, USA, Adventure | Biography | Drama, b&w).
Director: Rowland V. Lee. Writers: Norman Reilly Raine (screenplay), Robert N. Lee (original story). Stars: Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton.

In this unhistorical account, Capt. William Kidd 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 - and Orange Povey, whom Kidd once abandoned on a reef and hoped never to see again. Of course, Kidd's intentions are treacherous. But there's more to gunner Adam Mercy than meets the eye.

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