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1963 film For the country band, see Pirates of the Mississippi.
The Pirates of the Mississippi
Directed byJürgen Roland
Screenplay by
  • Werner P. Zibaso
  • Johannes Kai
Produced byWolf C. Hartwig
CinematographyRolf Kästel
Edited byHerbert Taschner
Music byWilli Mattes
Production
companies
  • Societé Nouvelle de Cinématographie (S.N.C.)
  • Produzione Gianni Fuchs
  • Rapid-Film GmbH
Distributed byGloria Film
Release date
  • 18 October 1963 (1963-10-18) (West Germany)
Running time102 minutes
Countries
  • West Germany
  • France
  • Italy

The Pirates of the Mississippi (German: Die Flußpiraten vom Mississippi) is a Western film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Hansjörg Felmy, Brad Harris and Sabine Sinjen. A Eurowestern, it was a co-production between West Germany, France and Italy. Based on the 1847 novel by Friedrich Gerstäcker, the film was the first pairing of Brad Harris and Tony Kendall with Gianfranco Parolini as a second unit director. Kendall reprised his role of Chief Black Eagle in Black Eagle of Santa Fe (1965).

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Berthel and Johannes Ott.

Plot

Based on an island in the Mississippi River a pirate gang terrorize the town of Helena and the steamboats. Sheriff James Lively can't stop pirate boss Kelly from tricking the Cherokees into helping him attack a steamboat with a precious cargo.

Cast

Release

The Pirates of the Mississippi was released in France on 13 October 1965. It passed German censors on 18 October 1963 and was released to television in West Germany on 22 June 1969.

References

  1. ^ "Die Flußpiraten vom Mississippi". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  2. Pitts p.251
  3. "The Pirates of the Mississippi IMDB". IMDb.
  4. "Die Flusspiraten des Mississ". Bifi.fr (in French). Retrieved 11 March 2018.

Bibliography

  • Pitts, Michael R. Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland, 2012.

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