Blackbeard the Pirate

thumb| Blackbeard the Pirate is a 1952 Technicolor swashbuckler loosely based on the life and legend of Blackbeard. Directed by Raoul Walsh. Written by Alan Le May, based on a story by DeVallon Scott. Blackbeard There was a jolly miller.  He lived upon the Dee.He looked beneath his pillar,  And there he saw a flea.Ho-ho, ho-ho, he-he, he-he,  He chuckled in his glee. Chuck the wench out of 'ere! Worley, man the guns! Arrr, my glist'nin' darlin's... Here, lock 'em up. of his plunder Gilly, Gilly, give him just a tickle with the point of your blade, at about his liver. Edwina Mansfield [to Blackbeard] You slimy coward! You'd make the flesh crawl on a squid! Sir Henry Morgan So that's it! The black-hearted butcher. He thinks he can hoodwink old Henry Morgan, well that's a game at which two can play. He might run from me... but he wouldn't run from the sight of a rich, Spanish galleon! So I think we'll have some devilment tonight in the Nicholas Channel. We'll take that galleon!... and use it as a bait for Blackbeard. When he closes on her, he'll find himself outgunned, outfought, outwitted, and dead as mutton! Come on, let's be at it! Dialogue Blackbeard: What be your name, girl? Edwina Mansfield: Blackbeard! Blackbeard: No, I be Blackbeard. Blackbeard: Worley, come here. I believe I'm gonna catch me a rat! Ben Worley: What for, you hungry? Cast w:Robert Newton - Captain Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard w:Linda Darnell - Edwina Mansfield William Bendix - Ben Worley Keith Andes - Robert Maynard Torin Thatcher - Sir Henry Morgan Irene Ryan - Alvina, a lady in waiting Alan Mowbray - Noll Richard Egan - Briggs Skelton Knaggs - Gilly Dick Wessel - Dutchman Anthony Caruso - Pierre La Garde Jack Lambert - Tom Whetstone Noel Drayton - Jeremy Pat Flaherty - Job Maggot External links "Blackbeard, The Pirate (1952)", Internet Archive'' (2017-10-03) Category:1952 American films Category:1952 English-language films Category:American historical adventure films Category:Films directed by Raoul Walsh Category:Pirate films Category:Swashbuckler films