The read
Critics rate it 37 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Young Irish physician Peter Blood is exiled as a slave to Barbados, where he and his friend Jeremy are purchased by Colonel Bishop at the behest of his niece Arabella. With other slaves he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the terror of the Caribbean privateers until offered a commission in the English Navy. He defeats the French at Port Royal, and as a reward he is named governor of Jamaica and marries Arabella.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 37 points higher than audiences do.
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Jay PilcherWriter
- David SmithDirector
- Rafael SabatiniWriter
- Albert E. SmithDirector
Cast
- J. Warren KerriganCapt. Peter Blood
- Jean PaigeArabella Bishop
- Charlotte MerriamMary Traill
- James MorrisonJeremy Pitt
- Allan ForrestLord Julian Wade
- Bertram GrassbyDon Diego
- Otis HarlanCorliss
- Jack CurtisWolverstone
- Wilfrid NorthCol. Bishop
- Otto MatiesonLord Jeffreys
- Robert BolderAdm. van der Kuylen
- Templar SaxeGov. Steed
Stills
Themes
sword duel