The Crimson Pirate (1952)
Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s. A light hearted adventure involving prison breaks, an oddball scientist, sailing ships, naval fights and tons of swordplay. cannon, swordplay, revolution, protection, pirate, scientist, corrupt politician, swashbuckler, 18th century, sailing ship, caribbean sea, sea battle, pirate ship, corrupt official, evil ruler