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The Buccaneer

Piercing Drama of La Fitte - Man or Devil ?

1958 · NR · 1h 59m

Directed by Anthony Quinn

6.5

TMDB audience score
53 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city. In this situation an island near the city becomes strategically important to both parties, but it's inhabited by the last big buccaneer: Jean Lafitte. Although Lafitte never attacks American ships, the governor hates him for selling merchandise without taxes - and is loved by the citizens for the same reason. When the big fight gets nearer, Lafitte is drawn between the fronts. His heart belongs to America, but his people urge him to join the party that's more likely to win.

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Cast

  • Yul Brynner
    Jean Lafitte

  • Claire Bloom
    Bonnie Brown

  • Charles Boyer
    Dominique You

  • Inger Stevens
    Annette Claiborne

  • Charlton Heston
    Gen. Andrew Jackson

  • Henry Hull
    Ezra Peavey

  • Lorne Greene
    Mercier

  • E.G. Marshall
    Gov. William Claiborne

  • Ted de Corsia
    Capt. Rumbo

  • Douglass Dumbrille
    Collector of the Port

  • Robert F. Simon
    Capt. Brown

  • Sir Lancelot
    Scipio

  • Fran Jeffries
    Cariba - Mawbee Girl

  • John Dierkes
    Deacon

  • Woody Strode
    Toro

  • Henry Brandon
    British Major

  • Cecil B. DeMille
    Presenter of Prologue

  • Kathleen Freeman
    Tina