The Princess and the Pirate

“Yo-Ho HOPE and a Cargo of Laughs!”

6.9(25)19441h 34m

ComedyAdventure

Princess Margaret is travelling incognito to elope with her true love instead of marrying the man her father has betrothed her to. On the high seas, her ship is attacked by pirates who know her identity and plan to kidnap her and hold her for a king's ransom.

Director

David Butler

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Cast

Bob Hope

Sylvester the Great

Virginia Mayo

Princess Margaret

Walter Brennan

Featherhead

Walter Slezak

La Roche

Victor McLaglen

Captain Barrett / The Hook

Marc Lawrence

Pedro

Hugo Haas

Owner of the 'Bucket of Blood'

Maude Eburne

Landlady of the 'Boar's Head Inn'

Adia Kuznetzoff

Don José Ramon Sebastian Rurales

Brandon Hurst

Mr. Pelly

Tom Kennedy

Alonzo

Stanley Andrews

Captain of the 'Mary Ann'

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

3y ago

6.0

I'll admit that it has always puzzled me that war-weary American troops could ever have been entertained by Bob Hope. His so-called "zany" humour always struck me as being contrived and obvious. This film, however, does go some way to contradict that rather simplistic impression of the star. He plays a cowardly actor who finds himself along with "Princess Margaret" (no, not the real one) captured ...