Blackbeard

★ 6.1IMDb Score
Released:2006-09-10
Duration:60 min
Country:
Director:Tilman Remme, Richard Dale
Actors:James Purefoy, Mark Noble, Jack Galloway, James Hillier, Antonia Campbell-Hughes
Production:BBC, Dangerous Films, Loudhailer

Overview:

Drama documentary about Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard, who terrorised the British colonies in the Americas during the golden age of piracy.

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