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Princess And The Pirate


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  Princess And The Pirate Review
Tookey's Rating
5 /10
 
Average Rating
5.60 /10
 
Starring
Bob Hope , Virginia Mayo, Victor McLaglen
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Directed by: David Butler
Written by: Don Hartman, Melville Shavelson, Everett Freeman

 
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Released: 1944
   
Genre: ACTION
SWASHBUCKLER
ADVENTURE
COSTUME
COMEDY
   
Origin: US
   
Colour: C
   
Length: 94
 
 


 
A ham actor (Bob Hope) is captured, along with incognito princess (Virginia Mayo), by cut-throats including Victor McLaglen and Walter Brennan.
Reviewed by Chris Tookey


Moderately funny spoof of the piratical swashbucklers which were all the rage in the 40s, with Bob Hope on excellent form. David Rose and Ernst Fegte received Oscar nominations of the music and art direction respectively.


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