Captain Kidd
About Captain Kidd
Pirate William Kidd takes Admiral Blayne's treasure ship and hides the haul in a cave. Three years later he poses as a merchant captain, offers his ship to the King of England, and bargains for Blayne's title if he can tie Blayne to piracy. Blayne's son Adam is on the crew, set on clearing his father, and Kidd does not know it.
Cast & crew
More about Captain Kidd
Rowland V. Lee directed his last film before retiring. Benedict Bogeaus and James Nasser produced it, Norman Reilly Raine and Robert N. Lee wrote it, and United Artists released it.
Themes
Look
Archie Stout photographed the pirate adventure.
Music
Werner Janssen conducted the score. The score was nominated for an Academy Award.
Preservation
The film is in the public domain in the United States because the copyright was not renewed in 1972.
Notes
- Charles Laughton plays Kidd, with Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, John Carradine, and Gilbert Roland billed.
- Reginald Owen is on the catalog cast. Wikidata also lists John Qualen, Sheldon Leonard, and William Farnum.
- Nikita Khrushchev's memoirs say the picture was one of Joseph Stalin's favorites, and that Stalin identified with the captain.
- Archie Stout photographed it.
Scenes
- Kidd hides Blayne's treasure in a cave, then turns up later as a merchant captain.
Also available
- Internet Archive (CaptainKidd_)
- Wikimedia Commons (Captain Kidd (1945) by Rowland V. Lee.webm)
