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Posted by the pilgrim on 05/09/07 21:15
On Wed, 09 May 2007 12:31:50 -0500, Fake Name <fakename@fake.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 09 May 2007 12:22:01 GMT, "TSKO" <tsko70@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>Okay...I barely have anything to describe about this movie......but I am
>>going to give it a go anyways.
>>
>>A box set of pirate movies comes out this week and it has me thinking...
>>
>>I remember a old old movie...a pirate movie....that a ship was bombarding a
>>castle that was on top of a cliff...in one scene.
>>
>>Yes, that is all I remember. Just thinking back to those younger days
>>watching movies on tv and it popped in my head.
>>
>>Zilch to go on really....but hey, it doesnt hurt to ask
>>
>>Any thoughts?
>>
>In March of 1853 Drake et al. raided Panama from the Atlantic side.
>This involved bombarding a fort from the Sea and has made its way into
>film several times I suspect. Drake was technically in command of a
>private Man of War and therefore a Privateer not a pirate.
>
>There is a scene in "Horatio Hornblower" wherein a British squadron of
>ships of the line bombards a French gun emplacement; it was the French
>fort at the port of Rosas.
>
>Are you certain that it was pirates? Was the film in color or was it
>black and white?
>
>
How about Captain Blood (1935) with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland?
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