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Captain Kidd is a 1945 American adventure film starring Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott and Barbara Britton. It was directed by Rowland V. Lee , his last before he retired, [2] and produced by Benedict Bogeaus and James Nasser.
Captain Kidd: Directed by Rowland V. Lee. With Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, John Carradine. The unhistorical adventures of pirate Captain Kidd revolve around treasure and treachery.
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- Adventure, Biography, Drama
- Rowland V. Lee
- 1945-12-25
Find out who starred in and worked on the 1945 film Captain Kidd, directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Charles Laughton. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers and more on IMDb.
British pirate William Kidd (Charles Laughton) captures Adm. Blayne's (Randolph Scott) treasure ship and hides the bounty in a cave. Three years later, Kidd, posing as a sea captain, offers...
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- Charles Laughton
- Rowland V. Lee
- Adventure, History, Drama
Born in Scotland in 1645, the real William Kidd began his nautical career as a privateer and became a wealthy shipowner in New York by 1690. In 1696, Kidd, better known as Captain Kidd, turned to piracy during a voyage to East Africa and captured and looted several ships.
- Rowland V. Lee, Joseph Depew
- Charles Laughton
The unhistorical adventures of the cutthroat pirate William Kidd, who captures Admiral Blayne’s treasure ship and hides the bounty in a cave. This film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best...
- 88 min
- 2.3M
- Cult Cinema Classics
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Dec 31, 2014 · Charles Laughton plays Kidd, a merchant captain who cons the King of England (Henry Daniell) into allowing him to take to the sea to recover a lost treasure...
