Burt Lancaster and his old partner Nick Cravat made nine films together, the most popular being The Crimson Pirate and The Flame and the Arrow (1950).
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Unknown to Vallo, his first mate, Humble Bellows (Torin Thatcher), overhears them.
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In the Caribbean, late in the 18th century, Captain Vallo (Burt Lancaster), a pirate known as "The Crimson Pirate", and his crew capture a ship of the King's navy.
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Torin Thatcher as Humble Bellows, Vallo's rebellious first mate
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Leslie Bradley as Baron Jose Gruda, the main antagonist
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It stars Burt Lancaster, who also co-produced the film, as Captain Vallo, the eponymous pirate, and is set in the Caribbean late in the 18th century, on the fictional islands of Cobra and San Pero.
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Burt Lancaster as Captain Vallo, the leader of the pirates and main protagonist
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The ship is carrying Baron Gruda (Leslie Bradley), the special envoy to the King, who is on his way to the Island of Cobra to help crush a rebellion by rebels opposed to the King's rule.
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Some of his best known films were A Night in Casablanca (1946), The Crimson Pirate (1952), The Appaloosa (1966) and Valdez Is Coming (1971).