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Captain Kidd (1945) is a film starring Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, and John Carradine, directed by Rowland V. Lee, produced by Benedict Bogeaus and James Nasser, music conduced by Werner Janssen, and released by United Artists. The film has entered the public domain since the producers neglected to renew the copyright in 1972. The film was featured in an episode of Cinema Insomnia.
In 1699, William Kidd (Charles Laughton), a ruthless pirate who has recently captured the ship The Twelve Apostles and killed its crew, presents himself at the court of King William III (Henry Daniell) as an honest shipmaster seeking royal backing. With this backing, he recruits a crew from the inmates of Newgate and Marshalsea prisons, promising them a royal pardon at the end of their voyage. Among the new recruits is the quarrelsome, though cultured Adam Mercy (Randolph Scott), whom Kidd makes his new master gunner because of his claimed prior service with a famous pirate.
The king sends Kidd to the waters near Madagascar to rendezvous with the ship Quedagh Merchant and provide an escort back to England. The Quedagh Merchant carries Lord Fallsworth (an uncredited Lumsden Hare), the king's ambassador to the Grand Mughal, his daughter Lady Anne Dunstan (Barbara Britton), and a chest of treasure - a present from the Indian potentate to King William.
Actors: Matt Orefice (miscellaneous crew), Jerry Kokich (actor), Tyler Bunch (actor), T.J. Glenn (actor), Thomas Torrey (actor), Tasha Oldham (miscellaneous crew), Valerie Azlynn (actress), Bailey Pryor (producer), Kirkland Tibbels (producer), Jim Chiros (actor), Jeff Crandall (miscellaneous crew), Cass Warner (miscellaneous crew), Eric Sherman (producer), Daniel Neiden (actor), Scott Myers (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Young Jonah Johnson and his family move into Mystic, CT. The town's local fisherman's son, Schooner, quickly befriends him and the two soon discover what seems to be a 300-year-old treasure map. The treasure of Captain Kidd that was lost in the town 3 decades earlier. While trying to evade the town's bullies, Jonah and Schooner keep their eye on Clive Steelway, a rich treasure-seeker who seems to have conniving plans for the treasure and the boys.
Keywords: family-relationships, independent-film, pirate, treasureActors: Matt Orefice (miscellaneous crew), Jerry Kokich (actor), Tyler Bunch (actor), T.J. Glenn (actor), Thomas Torrey (actor), Tasha Oldham (miscellaneous crew), Valerie Azlynn (actress), Bailey Pryor (producer), Kirkland Tibbels (producer), Jim Chiros (actor), Jeff Crandall (miscellaneous crew), Cass Warner (miscellaneous crew), Eric Sherman (producer), Daniel Neiden (actor), Scott Myers (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Young Jonah Johnson and his family move into Mystic, CT. The town's local fisherman's son, Schooner, quickly befriends him and the two soon discover what seems to be a 300-year-old treasure map. The treasure of Captain Kidd that was lost in the town 3 decades earlier. While trying to evade the town's bullies, Jonah and Schooner keep their eye on Clive Steelway, a rich treasure-seeker who seems to have conniving plans for the treasure and the boys.
Keywords: family-relationships, independent-film, pirate, treasureActors: Maury Chaykin (actor), Sheila McCarthy (actress), Ian Bannen (actor), Gary Reineke (actor), Stefan Wodoslawsky (producer), Charles Obrul (miscellaneous crew), Paul Donovan (producer), Paul Donovan (writer), Paul Donovan (director), Jeff Pustil (actor), Brian Downey (actor), Lorette Leblanc (miscellaneous crew), Chas Lawther (actor), Marty Simon (composer), Robyn Stevan (actress),
Plot: This is a tale about two children who are put in a foster home, and then on Halloween they breakout and are rescued by their eccentric grandfather who is in a Halloween costume of an eyeball. They then go to Georges island to try and find the treasure of Captain Kidd.
Keywords: boy, captain-kidd, character-name-in-title, child-protagonist, foster-home, grandfather-grandson-relationship, halloween, halloween-costume, independent-film, islandActors: Max Asher (actor), Billy Franey (actor), Bobby Vernon (actor), Louise Fazenda (actress), Gale Henry (actress), Allen Curtis (director),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Richard Ridgely (director), Bigelow Cooper (actor), William West (actor), Gladys Hulette (actress), Laura Sawyer (actress), Frank McGlynn Sr. (actor), Barry O'Moore (actor), Richard Tucker (actor), Harry Gripp (actor), Edwin Clarke (actor), Bromwell Childe (writer),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Frank Lloyd (actor), David Hartford (actor), Howard C. Hickman (actor), Otis Turner (director), Joseph Singleton (actor), Cleo Madison (actress), Joseph Callahan (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Short, Thriller,My name was captain kidd, when I sailed, when I sailed
My name was captian kidd, when I sailed, when I sailed
And so wickedly I did
God's laws I did forbid
I roamed from sound to sound, and many ships I've found
I roamed from sound to sound, and many ships I've found
And that night I saw
(____? )
I murdered william moore and I laid him in his gore
I murdered william moore and I laid him in his gore
And this I did to him
A-many leagues from shore
Farewell to young and old, the jolly sea (___? )
Farewell to young and old, the jolly sea (___? )
And welcome to my (___? )
And the open (___? ) door
Farewell to london town and the pretty girls around
Farewell to london town and the pretty girls around
My friends (____? )
In the garden can be found
Farewell, for I must die, I must die, I must die
Farewell, for I must die, I must die, I must die
And in my own misery I must lie, I must lie
I must lie, must lie, must lie, must lie