| The Pirates of Blood River | |
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UK quad poster
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| Directed by | John Gilling |
| Produced by | Michael Carreras |
| Written by | Jimmy Sangster |
| Starring |
Christopher Lee Kerwin Mathews Glenn Corbett Oliver Reed |
| Music by | Gary Hughes |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Release date
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July 31, 1962 (United Kingdom) August 1962 (United States) |
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Running time
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87 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Pirates of Blood River is a 1962 British action film directed by John Gilling and starring Kerwin Mathews, Glenn Corbett, Christopher Lee and Oliver Reed.
While in a penal colony, Huguenot Jonathan Standish (Kerwin Mathews) is captured by pirates led by Capt. LaRoche (Christopher Lee) who force him to lead them back to his home village to retrieve a treasure supposedly hidden there.
The film was issued on a double bill with Mysterious Island - which was Britain's biggest grossing double bill of the year.