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Released
1952 · FILM

The Crimson Pirate

MAN OF NINE LIVES AND 1000 SURPRISES!

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Written by
Runtime
105 min
ActionAdventureComedy

Synopsis

Burt Lancaster portrays a pirate with a penchant for intrigue and acrobatics who becomes entangled in the events of a revolution in the Caribbean during the late 1700s. The film is a lighthearted adventure featuring prison breaks, an eccentric scientist, sailing ships, naval battles, and an abundance of swordplay.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 15

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Jack HarrisShot by Otto HellerScored by William Alwyn

Box Office

1952 · Box office

Produced on a $1.9M budget

Production budget

$1.9M

Also known as

  • Der Rote Korsarde
  • Der Rote Kosarde
  • El temible burlónes
  • Le Corsaire rougefr
  • Il corsaro dell'isola verdeit

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