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Raiders of the Seven Seas

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A fierce pirate, Barbarossa (John Payne) captures a Spanish ship with bravado. Discovering the beautiful Contessa Alida (Donna Reed) on board, Barbarossa falls for the elegant aristocrat, but she is to wed the sailor Jose Salcedo (Gerald Mohr). Although Alida is resistant to Barbarossa's charms, she slowly warms up to him, particularly after she discovers that Salcedo isn't the man that she thought he was. Naturally, Barbarossa proceeds to sort things out with a series of sword battles.

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Martin B Arguably the worst period swashbuckler I've ever seen. The acting wretched, cannons and fort silly they were so poorly done and the dialogue so bad it was funny. Poor Donna Reed must have been embarrassed doing that ridiculous movie. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Silly and rather unmemorable swashbuckler about the pirate leader Barbarossa kidnapping Countess Donna Reed. It's not terrible, but it's far from Errol Flynn territory, both in terms of story and production value. Routine and really only interesting to see TVLand mom Reed play an exotic countess. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Sidney Salkow

Director

John Payne

Barbarossa

Donna Reed

Alida

Gerald Mohr

Captain Jose Salcedo

Lon Chaney Jr.

Peg Leg

Anthony Caruso

Renzo
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Synopsis A fierce pirate, Barbarossa (John Payne) captures a Spanish ship with bravado. Discovering the beautiful Contessa Alida (Donna Reed) on board, Barbarossa falls for the elegant aristocrat, but she is to wed the sailor Jose Salcedo (Gerald Mohr). Although Alida is resistant to Barbarossa's charms, she slowly warms up to him, particularly after she discovers that Salcedo isn't the man that she thought he was. Naturally, Barbarossa proceeds to sort things out with a series of sword battles.
Director
Sidney Salkow
Producer
Sidney Salkow
Screenwriter
John O'Dea, Sidney Salkow
Distributor
United Artists
Production Co
Global Pictures (II)
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 27, 1953, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 5, 2017
Runtime
1h 28m