Today’s movie is an action/adventure film with a scene that happens on May 23. Watch it tonight and enjoy.
CAPTAIN KIDD
William Kidd, a pirate who sank the ship The Twelve Apostles, convinces King William III that he is an honest trader and is allowed to recruit a crew from among other condemned pirates so man a ship that will escort the ship of Lord Fallsworth, the king’s ambassador to the Mughal Emperor, the ambassador’s daughter Lay Anne and the Emperor’s gift of a treasure chest back to England. Among those recruited is Adam Mercy as master gunner. Kidd kills the ambassador and blows up his ship, leaving Lady Anne and the treasure on Kidd’s ship. Kidd’s servant suggests she trust in Mercy, not Kidd. Kidd plots to eliminate his confederates to avoid sharing the loot. Mercy is revealed as the son of the captain of The Twelve
Apostles. Mercy tries to rescue Lady Anne, but they are apparently both killed. Kidd returns to London to claim his reward of a title and estates for bringing the treasure back. However Lady Anne and Mercy have survived and their testimony and the discovery of loot from The Twelve Apostles in Kidd’s cabin leads to Kidd’s arrest. Kidd is tried and convicted of piracy. On May 23, 1701[1:26:57 to 1:27:52] Kidd is executed.
Piracy: The Complete History by Angus Konstam (Osprey Publishing, Oxford, 2008) at page 265 gives the date of Kidd’s execution.
Producer - Benedict Bogeaus
Director - Rowland V. Lee
Screenwriter - Norman Reilly Raine
Awards – The film was nominated for Best Original Score Oscar at the 18th Academy Awards
Runtime – 1 hour 30 minutes
Released – November 22, 1945
Starring –
Charles Laughton as Capt. William Kidd
Randolph Scott as Adam Mercy
Barbara Britton as Lady Anne Dunstan
John Carradine as Orange Povey
Gilbert Roland as Jose Lorenzo
John Qualen as Bart Blivens
Sheldon Leonard as Cyprian Boyle
William Farnum as Capt. Rawson
Henry Daniell as King William III
Reginald Owen as Cary Shadwell
Abner Biberman as Theodore Blades
Lumsden Hare as Lord Fallsworth
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015.
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