Archive reviews – The Pirates of the Coast

Pirates of the Coast, aka I pirati della costa
Pirates of the Coast, aka I pirati della costa

This is a film derived from Salgari and tells of the deeds of a Spanish naval officer who, because of an injustice suffered, takes refuge in the cosey arms of the pirates.  Being a soldier without fear or stain, he remains immaculate up until the day when the military authorities, having received conclusive evidence of his dedication, allow him back into the ranks.

The film doesn’t stand out for it’s originality, but on the other hand it doesn’t aspire to much.  However, it should at least allow for some suggestive staging.  As is well known, though, Italian filmmakers in the adventure film field ignore all the secrets of their craft.  Lex Barker, Estella Blain, Liana Orfei and Livio Lorenzon are the principle actors.  Domenico Paolella directs.

[Note: I haven’t seen this one.  Paolella is normally a decent director of these kinds of low budget adventure films and it has a good cast.  Was there a peplum that Livio Lorenzon didn’t feature in?]

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The WildEye is a blog dedicated to the wild world of Italian cinema (and, ok, sometimes I digress into discussing films from other countries as well). Peplums, comedies, dramas, spaghetti westerns... they're all covered here.

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