Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s. A light hearted adventure involving prison breaks, an oddball scientist, sailing ships, naval fights and tons of swordplay.
The Crimson Pirate has generally received very positive reviews.
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The Crimson Pirate was released in 1952 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 47 reviews, giving The Crimson Pirate (1952) an average rating of 75%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 84%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 70%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Crimson Pirate than critics were.
With a score of 75%, The Crimson Pirate is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1952, which stands at 61%.
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