Cutthroat Island

1995, Action/Comedy, 2h 3m

41 Reviews 10,000+ Ratings

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Cutthroat Island may aspire towards the earnest thrills of classic swashbucklers, but a distinct lack of charm and stilted script make this adventure a joyless hodgepodge of the pirate genre's flotsam and jetsam. Read critic reviews

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Feisty Morgan Adams (Geena Davis) inherits her late buccaneer father's galleon and one-third of a map to buried treasure located on Cutthroat Island. The map had been tattooed on her father's scalp, and to find the treasure, she must locate and scalp his two brothers. But Morgan's swashbuckling uncle, Dawg Brown (Frank Langella), wants the treasure for himself, and does battle with his headstrong niece and her unwilling accomplice, Latin-speaking physician William Shaw (Matthew Modine).

Cast & Crew

Geena Davis
Morgan
Matthew Modine
Shaw
Frank Langella
Dawg
Maury Chaykin
John Reed
Patrick Malahide
Ainslee
Stan Shaw
Glasspoole
Rex Linn
Mr. Blair
Paul Dillon
Snelgrave
Christopher Masterson
Bowen
Jimmie F. Skaggs
Scully
Harris Yulin
Black Harry
Renny Harlin
Director
Renny Harlin
Producer
Joel B. Michaels
Producer
Laurence Mark
Producer
James Gorman
Producer
Robert King
Screenwriter
Marc Norman
Screenwriter
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