Film & Television Library - Classic Features

STARRING

Louis Hayward, Binnie Barnes, Mariella Lotti

DIRECTED BY

Edgar G. Ulmer

WRITTEN BY

Giorgio Moser, Golfiero Colonna

GENRE

Drama, Action

ALTERNATE TITLES

The Pirates of Capri, The Masked Pirate, I Pirati di Capri

SYNOPSIS

Count Amalfi (Louis Hayward), using the assumed name of Captain Sirocco, heads a group of men called “The Pirates of Capri” who are trying to restore freedom to the people of Naples in 1779. The Queen (Binnie Barnes) is advised of a pirate’s assault on a member of her court and seeks to escape to Palermo. But first, she’s advised to attend a ball that Amalfi is holding for his fiancée (Mariella Lotti) who is unaware of Amalfi’s dual identity.

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