Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Cast: Anthony Quinn, James Coburn, Deborah Baxter, Gert Fröbe, Dennis Price,
Plot: In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is taken over by pirates, who become fond of the kids.
Innocence and corruption in the films of Alexander Mackendrick
Alexander Mackendrick (1912-1993), who was born in the United States but grew up in Scotland from the age of five, made only nine features between 1949 and 1969, when he took up a teaching position at the California Institute of the Arts. But […]