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Captain Kidd (1945)
The unhistorical adventures of pirate Captain Kidd revolve around treasure and treachery.
The film is loosely based on real-life pirate William Kidd. Born in Scotland in 1645, he began his career as a privateer. By 1690 he became a wealthy shipowner in New York. In 1696, during a trip to East Africa, he turned to piracy. He captured or looted many ships. Trusting that his privateer commission would protect him, he returned to Long Island in 1699. He was ordered to England, where he was arrested, tried and convicted for piracy and murder. He was hanged in 1701. Stories about Kidd’s buried treasure were legendary but the only booty ever found was on Gardiners Island, near Long Island, in New York.
Captain Kidd was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 18th Academy Awards.
| Directed by | Rowland V. Lee |
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| Screenplay by | Norman Reilly Raine |
| Story by | Robert N. Lee |
| Produced by | Benedict Bogeaus |
| Starring | Charles Laughton Randolph Scott Barbara Britton |
| Cinematography | Archie Stout |
| Edited by | Charles Odds |
| Music by | Werner Janssen |
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Benedict Bogeaus Productions
Captain Kidd Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
