The Pirates of the Mississippi (German: Die Flußpiraten vom Mississippi) is a Western film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Hansjörg Felmy, Brad Harris and Sabine Sinjen.[2] A Eurowestern, it was a co-production between West Germany, France and Italy.[1] Based on the 1847 novel by Friedrich Gerstäcker, the film was the first pairing of Brad Harris and Tony Kendall with Gianfranco Parolini as a second unit director. Kendall reprised his role of Chief Black Eagle in Black Eagle of Santa Fe (1965).
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Directed by | Jürgen Roland |
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Produced by | Wolf C. Hartwig[1] |
Cinematography | Rolf Kästel[1] |
Edited by | Herbert Taschner[1] |
Music by | Willi Mattes[1] |
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Distributed by | Gloria Film |
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Running time | 102 minutes[1] |
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The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Berthel and Johannes Ott.
Based on an island in the Mississippi River a pirate gang terrorize the town of Helena and the steamboats. Sheriff James Lively can't stop pirate boss Kelly from tricking the Cherokees into helping him attack a steamboat with a precious cargo.[3]
The Pirates of the Mississippi was released in France on 13 October 1965.[4] It passed German censors on 18 October 1963 and was released to television in West Germany on 22 June 1969.[1]
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