The Buccaneer (1938)
Release Date: Feb 4, 1938 Wide
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Cecil B. DeMille's The Buccaneer stars Fredric March, complete with curly hair, pencil moustache and florid "Sacre Bleu!" French accent, as 18th century pirate Jean Lafitte. Operating out of a "buccaneer's haven" of the coast of New Orleans, Lafitte plunders all passing ships for their wealth, but refuses to attack any vessel flying the American flag. During one seafaring skirmish, he rescues Dutch maiden Gretchen (Franziska Gaal) from a sunken ship. Gretchen falls madly in love with the dashing
Feb 4, 1938 Wide
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Cast
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Fredric March
Jean Lafitte -
Franziska Gaal
Gretchen -
Akim Tamiroff
Dominique You -
Margot Grahame
Annette de Remy -
Walter Brennan
Ezra Peavey -
Ian Keith
Sen. Crawford -
Spring Byington
Dolly Madison -
Douglas Dumbrille
Governor Claiborne -
Robert H. Barrat
Capt. Brown -
Hugh Sothern
Andrew Jackson -
Beulah Bondi
Aunt Charlotte -
Anthony Quinn
Beluche -
Louise Campbell
Marie de Remy -
Montagu Love
Adm. Cockburn -
Eric Stanley
Gen. Ross -
Fred Kohler
Gramby -
Gilbert Emery
Capt. Lockyer -
Holmes Herbert
Capt. McWilliams -
Evelyn Keyes
Madeleine -
Francis McDonald
Camden Blount -
Frank Melton
Lt. Shreve -
Stanley Andrews
Collector of Port -
Richard Denning
Capt. Reid -
Lina Basquette
Roxanne -
Davison Clark
Colonel Butler -
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Ellen Drew
Woman -
Paul Fix
Dying pirate -
John Hubbard
Charles -
Alphonse Martell
Major Latour -
Philip Morris
Pirate -
Barry Norton
Villere -
John Rogers
Mouse -
Reginald Sheffield
Ship's Surgeon -
Hans Steinke
Tarsus -
Evan Thomas
Sir Harry Smith -
Charles Trowbridge
Daniel Carrol -
Luana Walters
Suzette -
J.P. McGowan
Jailer -
Charles Brokaw
Vincent Nolte -
Thaddeus Jones
John Freeman -
Eugene Jackson
James Smith -
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Cecil B. DeMille plays fast and loose with his history, as usual, but he also has more fun with the story than in many of his big historical spectacles...
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Movie: ID: 770796541 Title: The Buccaneer Release Date: 1938-02-04 00:00:00.0 MPAA: 2 Status: 1
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