- Actors: Christopher Lee, John Cairney, Barry Warren, Ernest Clark, Andrew Keir
- Directors: Don Sharp
- Format: PAL, Full Screen, Dolby, Digital Sound, Colour
- Language English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: PG
- Studio: Warner Bros
- DVD Release Date: 17 Jan 2005
- Run Time: 82 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0006G16UG
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 43,063 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Christopher Lee (The Devil Rides Out; The Wicker Man; To the Devil a Daughter; Lord of the Rings: Return of the King) stars in this Hammer Films period action drama set in 1588, just as the surviving Spanish ships from the Armada are trying to make their way along the British coast back to Spain.
Lee is the eye-patch wearing captain of a damaged Spanish privateer which is forced to put into a village on the British coast for repairs. The village is small and isolated and the Spanish convince the villagers that the English fleet has been defeated and that they, the Spanish, are now their masters. This results in the villagers' sullen cooperation, but rumors and unrest begin to spread and soon the Spanish pirates find themselves facing a revolt.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Ingenious little pirate romp,
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This review is from: Devil Ship Pirates [DVD] (1964) (DVD)
The Devil-Ship Pirates is an entertaining pirate romp from Hammer that's a part of studio legend. Hammer built a Spanish pirate ship for the film planning to reuse it on other pictures. Unfortunately, it was a death trap - the woodwork was so bad the decks would give way under people's feet and it was so unseaworthy that even in calm landlocked waters the thing would capsize, nearly drowning cast and crew. Things got so bad that even the parsimonious Hammer burnt it for real in the final scenes! The film itself isn’t as good as the story behind it, but it’s a neat premise – the crew of Christopher Lee’s Spanish privateer convince a small village that the Spanish Armada defeated the British to give them time to make repairs – well executed and an entertaining enough way to fill an hour-and-a-half on a Sunday afternoon. No extras on the DVD, but it does offer an acceptable 2.35:1 transfer.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Ahoy, me hearties, pieces of eight, hoist the mainsail etc.,
By Sandy (Aotearoa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Devil Ship Pirates W/S [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Hammer takes on a pirate movie, with mixed results. The sets are brilliant, particularly the full-size Spanish Galleon, and there's a bit of breath-taking buckling of swashes as well, as Chris Lee's Evil Captain indulges in a prolonged fencing bout towards the films end. The plot involves an isolated english village, invaded by Spanish privateers, who try to convince them that the Spanish have beaten back the English forces and invaded. The village of course is split into factions of 'let's make the best of it' pacifists and 'oi! Rebellion!' types. There's busty babes, lascivious leering pirates, battles, flogging, spies, betrayal and Lee's impressively frilly collar. His captain is nasty but human, and watch out for the chat with the child-spy in the village square-- ouch! My only complaint would be that the pacng was a bit off and the film seemed to drag a little. A swaskbuckling pleasure to view all the same.
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