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      The Devil-Ship Pirates

      1964 1h 26m Adventure List
      Reviews 48% 500+ Ratings Audience Score English villagers fight a Spanish pirate (Christopher Lee) who has dropped anchor and taken over their town. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member I had not idea that Hammer Film Productions made a pirate film and this one is a pretty good one. Christopher Lee plays a mean pirate who terrorized the British coast, but some plucky locals take on the evil one-eyed Lee with thrilling and violent results. As you'd' except with Hammer, this film is not an old fashioned swashbuckler, but they add in their usual helpings of sex and violence that set this film apart form it's contemporaries of the time. Overall, it's not a classic, but it's pretty entertaining. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member arrrr another pirate/swashbuckler film Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member The Devil-Ship Pirates is a rather cheesy pirate film from Hammer Studios, but it does have an interesting premise: a group of pirates who are requisitioned for the Spanish armada's attack upon England in 1588 suffer crippling damage to their ship and stray into an English port town. When they arrive in the town, they convince the locals that the Spanish armada has defeated the English forces and that they have come to install their authority in England. General pirate shenanigans ensue, and there is nothing overly clever about the film aside from its premise. But Christopher Lee is awesome as the Spanish pirate captain, and the film provides an entertaining Hammer romp for those who enjoy such cinematic pleasures. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Spanish seamen during the Armadada are set adrift onto the English Cornish coastline where they overtake a village and slowly turn pirate. Not much swashbuckling, or piracy as such (compared to Captain Blood) but well acted and a thorough story. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member An awesome pirate movie by Hammer with a highly original story and elements. The acting is spot on and sets are beautiful - thoroughly believeable historically. If you like pirates then give it a shot. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Tres bon divertissement Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis English villagers fight a Spanish pirate (Christopher Lee) who has dropped anchor and taken over their town.
      Director
      Don Sharp
      Production Co
      Hammer Films
      Genre
      Adventure
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 26m