Blackie the Pirate (1971)

Blackie the Pirate (1971). 1h 39m

“One hesitates to pass judgment on a movie which, in the English-language videotape, has obviously gone through a lot of clumsy re-editing and re-dubbing. Still, itu0026#39;s all we have to judge it by and so the truth must be told: this movie makes virtually no sense at all. The plot has something to do with a shipment of gold which the Viceroy at Guayaquil wants to send back to Spain. A loose confederation of pirate captains has other ideas, as does the Viceroyu0026#39;s beautiful and ambitious wife. Any attempt to clarify the plot beyond these elements will be met with frustration.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThat said, the movie retains an amiable quality, is never out and out dull, and has an attractive cast. Itu0026#39;s best viewed as an u0026quot;In-Flightu0026quot; feature — one of those things you donu0026#39;t expect much of and which you halfway watch out of the corner of your eye while youu0026#39;re doing something else. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003enThe highlight, (such as it is), may come when Edmund Purdom walks into a room and finds a shirtless Terence Hill tied to a wall, several bloody whip marks on his back. One canu0026#39;t help recalling at this moment that Purdom himself felt the sting of a whip back in MGMu0026#39;s 1954 spectacle, u0026quot;The Prodigalu0026quot;”