The Pirates of Blood River

The Pirates of Blood River is a 1962 British action film directed by John Gilling and starring Kerwin Mathews, Glenn Corbett, Christopher Lee and Oliver Reed.

Contents

 * 1 Plot
 * 2 Cast
 * 3 Trivia
 * 4 Reception
 * 5 References
 * 6 External links

Plot
While in a penal colony, Huguenot Jonathan Standish (Kerwin Mathews) is captured by pirates led by Capt. LaRoche (Christopher Lee) who force him to lead them back to his home village to retrieve a treasure supposedly hidden there.

Cast

 * Kerwin Mathews ... Jonathon Standing
 * Glenn Corbett ... Henry
 * Christopher Lee ... Captain LaRoche
 * Peter Arne ... Hench, a pirate
 * Marla Landi ... Bess Standing
 * Desmond Llewelyn ... Tom Blackthorne
 * Oliver Reed ... Brocaire, a pirate
 * Andrew Keir ... Jason Standing
 * Michael Ripper ... Mack, a pirate
 * David Lodge ... Smith
 * Dennis Waterman ... Timothy Blackthorne
 * Jack Stewart ... Godfrey Mason
 * Lorraine Clewes ... Martha Blackthorne
 * Jerold Wells ... Penal Colony Master

Trivia[edit]

 * Christopher Lee, Andrew Keir and Michael Ripper all appeared in another Hammer pirate film, The Devil-Ship Pirates, in 1964.
 * Marla Landi appeared as Cecile Stapleton in Hammer Film Productions' The Hound of the Baskervilles, which also starred Christopher Lee.

Reception[edit]
The film was issued on a double bill with Mysterious Island - which was Britain's biggest grossing double bill of the year