The River Pirate Movie

The River Pirate
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Run Time: 67 min
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Released: 1928
Directors: William Howard
Genre/Type: Drama
Gangster Film
Childhood Drama
Coming-of-Age
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Plot Synopsis by Jonathan Crow
One of the first talkies, this film concerns a youth torn between his fatherly gangland mentor and the beautiful, virtuous daughter of a police detective. This film was recently remastered complete with its long-absent talking sequence finale.

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It is not unusual for someone to ask us this question. I have never heard of pirates on the St. Johns. The river is very safe. We have never had a customer boarded by a pirate and I do not remember anything taken from a rental houseboat.
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Cast

Actors Character Born
Victor McLaglen Sailor Frinz Dec 10, 1886 in Tunbridge Wells, England, UK
Lois Moran Marjorie Cullen
Nick Stuart Sandy
Earl Foxe Shark Dec 25, 1888 in Oxford, OH
Donald Crisp Caxton Jul 27, 1880 in Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland
Robert Perry Gerber

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