Captain Lightfoot

Captain Lightfoot

★ 6.4IMDb Score
Released:1955-03-26
Duration:92 min
Director:Douglas Sirk
Actors:Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Jeff Morrow, Kathleen Ryan, Finlay Currie
Production:Universal International Pictures

Overview:

In 1815, Michael Martin, member of an Irish revolutionary society, turns highwayman to support it, and soon becomes an outlaw. In Dublin, he meets famous rebel "Captain Thunderbolt" and becomes his second-in-command, under the name "Lightfoot."

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