Fortunes of Captain Blood

Fortunes of Captain Blood

7.3IMDb Score
Released:1950-05-19
Duration:91 min
Director:Gordon Douglas
Actors:Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, George Macready, Alfonso Bedoya, Dona Drake
Production:Columbia Pictures

Overview:

When he unwittingly sends some of his men into a trap, pirate Captain Peter Blood decides to rescue them. They've been taken prisoner by the Spanish Marquis de Riconete who is now using them as slave labor harvesting pearls from the sea.

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