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All thirty-nine episodes from the action-packed 1950s television series starring Robert Shaw as the swashbuckling reformed pirate Captain Dan Tempest, defending the island of New Providence in the Caribbean from the evil Spanish in the 1600s. Episodes are: 'Blackbeard'; 'The Raiders'; 'Captain Dan Tempest'; 'Dan Tempest's War With Spain'; 'The Wasp'; 'Whale Gold'; 'The Slave Ship'; 'Gunpowder Plot'; 'The Ladies'; 'The Surgeon of Sangre Rojo'; 'Before the Mast'; 'Dan Tempest and the Amazons'; 'Articles of War'; 'The Hand of the Hawk'; 'Marooned'; 'Gentleman Jack and the Lady'; 'Mr Beamish and the Hangman's Noose'; 'Dead Man's Rock'; 'Blood Will Tell'; 'Dangerous Cargo'; 'The Return of Calico Jack'; 'Ghost Ship'; 'Conquistador'; 'Mother Doughty's Crew'; 'Conquest of New Providence'; 'Hurricane'; 'Cutglass Wedding'; 'Aztec Treasure'; 'Prize of Andalusia'; 'Dan Tempest Holds an Auction'; 'Spy Aboard'; 'Flip and Jenny'; 'Indian Fighters'; 'Mistress Higgins' Treasure'; 'To the Rescue'; 'The Decoy'; 'Instruments of War'; 'Pirate's Honour' and 'Printer's Devil'.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By sandiann
Format:DVD
Although a bit dated these days anyone who remembers this from their childhood will love it.From its bouncy theme tune to the painted backdrops its pure nostalgia.Buy it if you want to relive your youth.>
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Nearly 50 years before Jack Sparrow there was The Buccaneers.
I loved this series when I was 10. Allowing for the technology of the time, it's still a fun show, with good dialogue and good acting. Camera work is generally tight and the sets don't shake.
I am still in love with Lt. Beamish, and the wary relationship he and Tempest develop. But after watching and rewatching 50 years later, I find Hammond's Beamish is the best character in the show. Certainly the most developed one. (And this close to drop-dead gorgeous). Shaw was pretty much playing himself. But Hammond fleshed out what was essentially a comedy relief role of a naive bumbler with authority figure issues into someone with real grit underneath, added the touchstone orf "King and Country", honor and friendship, and went toe to toe with Shaw's ego and came out dead even or sometimes ahead.
The ad-libs and one-upmanship in this old series are just a tickle. I have no idea of what the professional relationship between Shaw and Hammond was, but the two characters really click.
Pity that Beamish disappears after episode 26. The show loses some spark as Tempest has no one to really bounce off of. Beamish was the only one who butted heads with him.
This is a Broadway musical waiting to happen. Someone please show this to Mel Brooks!
A terrific Yo Ho.
And thigh-high leather boots. . . .
I loved this series when I was 10. Allowing for the technology of the time, it's still a fun show, with good dialogue and good acting. Camera work is generally tight and the sets don't shake.
I am still in love with Lt. Beamish, and the wary relationship he and Tempest develop. But after watching and rewatching 50 years later, I find Hammond's Beamish is the best character in the show. Certainly the most developed one. (And this close to drop-dead gorgeous). Shaw was pretty much playing himself. But Hammond fleshed out what was essentially a comedy relief role of a naive bumbler with authority figure issues into someone with real grit underneath, added the touchstone orf "King and Country", honor and friendship, and went toe to toe with Shaw's ego and came out dead even or sometimes ahead.
The ad-libs and one-upmanship in this old series are just a tickle. I have no idea of what the professional relationship between Shaw and Hammond was, but the two characters really click.
Pity that Beamish disappears after episode 26. The show loses some spark as Tempest has no one to really bounce off of. Beamish was the only one who butted heads with him.
This is a Broadway musical waiting to happen. Someone please show this to Mel Brooks!
A terrific Yo Ho.
And thigh-high leather boots. . . .
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A happy journey back to my childhood.
Minimal special effects and good acting, especially Robert Shaw.
Minimal special effects and good acting, especially Robert Shaw.
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I am a Robert Shaw fan, a bit dated, but still enjoyable. Surprised no one has made a remake of this
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Sent back.
It may have been all right, but the cover was slightly different and in Dutch so we didn't open it. The actual DVD was quite possibly in English, but rather than open it and be... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. James D. Westoby
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a great ITC series!
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rather dated but still worth watching.
an early example of an action / kids programme that ran for 39 programmes in 1957.
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