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Last of the Buccaneers is a 1950 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Lew Landers and starring Paul Henreid as Jean Lafitte.

Last of the Buccaneers
Film poster
Directed by	Lew Landers
Written by	Robert E. Kent
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Starring	Paul Henreid
Cinematography	Vincent Farrar
Edited by	Henry Batista
Production company	SK Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	October 25, 1950 (1950-10-25)
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Swashbuckler about the adventures of pirate Jean Lafitte after he helped save New Orleans from a British invasion during the War of 1812.

Cast

• Paul Henreid as Jean Lafitte
• Jack Oakie as Sergeant Dominick
• Karin Booth as Belle Summers
• Mary Anderson as Swallow
• Edgar Barrier as George Mareval
• John Dehner as Sergeant Beluche
• Harry Cording as Cragg Brown
• Eugene Borden as Captain Perez

Production

Henreid's career had suffered since the Red Scare of the late 1940s, which saw him unofficially blacklisted from the major Hollywood studios. He had been making films in New York and France when offered the lead role in Last of the Buccaneers by producer Sam Katzman. It was Henreid's first swashbuckler since the highly successful The Spanish Main (1945). Henreid appeared in the film for a relatively low salary plus a percentage of the profits.[1][2] Henreid says that because of his blacklisting Columbia Pictures would not hire him but the film was made through an independent company, SK Pictures, he could play the role.[3]

Filming started 14 March 1950.[4] The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Palmentola.

Hedda Hopper reported that Errol Flynn had written a script called The Last of the Buccaneers in the late 1940s for Flynn to star in but it appears to have no other connection to this film.[5]

Reception

According to Henreid, the film was "a huge success and my percentage brought in an enormous amount of money."[3][1] He went on to make a number of other swashbucklers for Katzman.[3]

References

External links

• Last of the Buccaneers at TCMDB
• Last of the Buccaneers at IMDb

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