Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)

Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightly), Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), sorceress Tia Dalma (Naomie Harris), and the resurrected Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) need the aid of a traitorous Far Eastern pirate Sao Feng (Chow Yun-Fat), to retrieve Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from Davy Jones’s locker. This is imperative because Jack is one of the nine pirate

The Princess and the Pirate (1944)

The Princess and the Pirate (1944)

While onboard a ship traveling to America, Sylvester the Great (Bob Hope), the worst actor in the world, meets Princess Margaret (Virginia Mayo), who is masquerading as a commoner to avoid an unwanted marriage.  When the ship is attacked by the pirate The Hook (Victor McLaglen), Sylvester disguises himself as a woman to survive.  With

The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)

The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)

Englishman Rudolf Rassendyll (Stewart Granger) vacations in a small country where his distant relative, and physical double, is about to be crowned king.  When the king-to-be is drugged by his half-brother Michael (Robert Douglas) and Rupert of Hentzau (James Mason), loyal officers Colonel Zapt (Louis Calhern) and Lieutenant Fritz von Tarlenhein (Robert Coote) persuade Rassendyll

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

Robert Devereux, the overly proud Earl of Essex, desires the love of Queen Elizabeth (Bette Davis), and half of her throne.  Elizabeth is romantically interested in Essex, but needs him to keep his place.  As they jockey for position, both are foiled by the plotting and intrigues at the palace. Either Errol Flynn or Bette

Robin Hood (1991)

Robin Hood (1991)

Sir Robert Hode (Patrick Bergin) insults the petty Norman lord, Sir Miles Folcanet (Jürgen Prochnow), creating a rift between Robert and Baron Daguerre (Jeroen Krabbé). Robert, renamed Robin Hood, and Will Scarlett (Owen Teale) join with a band of thieves lead by Little John (David Morrissey) and they begin robbing from the rich. Meanwhile, Maid Marian (Uma

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

You know the story of Robin Hood. He robs from the rich and gives to the poor, etc., etc. Well, maybe you don’t know it this time. Robin (Kevin Costner) now has a Moorish sidekick, Azeem (Morgan Freeman), his father has been accused of Satanism and murdered, and Will Scarlett (Christian Slater) hates him.  There’s no Prince John

Robin and Marian (1976)

Robin and Marian (1976)

After the pointless death of King Richard (Richard Harris), that culminated many pointless years of crusades, an old and tired Robin Hood (Sean Connery) and Little John return to England to find Marian (Audrey Hepburn) a nun, Friar Tuck (Ronnie Barker) and Will Scarlett (Denholm Elliott) thieves in Sherwood forest, the Sheriff (Robert Shaw) still

Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)

Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)

King John (George Macready) is once again up to his old tricks of excessive taxation and oppression.  He has hired five thousand Flemish mercenaries to roll back the rights given by Richard the Lionheart (remember, this is fiction) and regain absolute control for the monarchy, and now he has to find a way to pay

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)

It’s the French revolution, and innocent aristocrats are taken to the guillotine, often due to the actions of Citizen Chauvelin (Ian McKellen).  Luckily, there is the secretive Scarlet Pimpernel, who plucks the condemned from prison and whisks them off to England and safety.  Chauvelin will do anything to catch the Pimpernel, but he is unable

The Secret of Monte Cristo (1961)

The Secret of Monte Cristo (1961)

In 1815, Captain Adam Corbett (Rory Calhoun) joins with Colonel Jackson (Ian Hunter) and his daughter, Pauline (Patricia Bredin), in a quest for the treasure of Monte Cristo. They have one quarter of a map, and meet with three others, an honorable English sea captain, a greedy French gentleman, and a wealthy and treacherous Italian

The Spanish Main (1945)

The Spanish Main (1945)

A Dutch ship is wrecked in the Spanish Main, and its captain (Paul Henreid) is  condemned to death and his land grant stolen by Don Juan Alvarado (Walter Slezak).  But he escapes, and becomes the pirate The Barracuda.  Primarily out for revenge, he captures the ship carrying the red-headed Irish, but supposedly Spanish bride-to-be of

Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)

Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)

Robin Hood (Richard Greene) and his gang, who loiter in Sherwood Forest, find a dying man escaping from the Sheriff’s guards.  He holds a clue to an evil conspiracy and The Sheriff of Nottingham (Peter Cushing) will do anything to keep it a secret.  Well, for awhile he will.  Then he goes off to do