Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Barbary Pirate (1949)


Columbia Pictures
Directed by Lew Landers
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Sony Screen Classics by Request)

"Jungle Sam" Katzman produced this Columbia matinee quickee. Despite the title, there are virtually no pirates to be found. Instead, we get "King Yusof", the paranoid ruler in Tripoli who ruffles the feathers of the newly founded United States of America. Thomas Jefferson and friends send a spy over to infiltrate Yusof's palace. At first he succeeds, but when he is uncovered he is sent to the dungeon. Don't worry, a pretty girl saves the day.

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