Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)
The thunder of their plundering shook the earth, the seas, the sky!
Gênero : Aventura
Runtime : 1H 39M
Director : Raoul Walsh
Escritor : Alan Le May
Sinopse
Honest Robert Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
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