Double Feature
The Crimson Pirate (IB Tech)
Notorious raider of the eighteenth century sea lanes, Captain Vallo (Burt Lancaster), a.k.a. The Crimson Pirate, and his band of buccaneers overtake a Spanish galleon filled with guns and ammunition. When he decides to sell the stolen arsenal to rebel leader El Libre on the island of Cobra, the representative of Spain, Baron Gruda, offers Vallo 50,000 florins if he will deliver El Libre instead. Vallo is soon caught between the Spanish, the rebellion, and even the mutiny of his own men. But having fallen in love with El Libre’s daughter Consuelo, Vallo gains back his crew’s trust and leads the island of Cobra to freedom. (Warner Bros)
- Director
- Robert Siodmak
- Writer
- Roland Kibbee
- Starring
- Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok, Leslie Bradley, Torin Thatcher, James Hayter
- Year
- 1952
- Country
- USA
- Format
- I.B. Technicolor 35mm
- Running Time
- 105 minutes
The Flame and the Arrow (IB Tech)
Academy Award winner Burt Lancaster stars as a medieval Italian hero who fights the barbarian invaders in the swashbuckling The Flame and the Arrow. In the heartland of the country that had once ruled the known world, the descendants of Roman soldiers have been conquered by German Hessians. But one man, Dardo (Lancaster), leads a brave band of patriots in the battle against the Germans. Now, when Dardo’s former wife (Virginia Mayo) decides to wed his sworn enemy, the German Count Ulrich (Frank Allenby), the fight becomes personal. (Warner Bros)
- Director
- Jacques Tourneur
- Writer
- Waldo Salt
- Starring
- Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Robert Douglas, Aline MacMahon, Frank Allenby, Nick Cravat
- Year
- 1950
- Country
- USA
- Format
- I.B. Technicolor 35mm
- Running Time
- 88 minutes