Spain, 1518: young caballero Pedro De Vargas offends his sadistic neighbor De Silva, who just happens to be an officer of the Inquisition. Forced to flee, Pedro, friend Juan Garcia, and adoring servant girl Catana join Cortez' first expedition to Mexico. Arriving in the rich new land, Cortez decides to switch from exploration to conquest...with only 500 men. Embroiled in continuous adventures and a romantic interlude, Pedro almost forgets he has a deadly enemy...

On Guard

1997

French

6.9

♡ 7

88%

77%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

older man younger woman relationship

swashbuckler

Philippe de Broca Director

Marie Gillain as Aurore

Claire Nebout as Blanche

Vincent Perez as Duc de Nevers

Daniel Auteuil as Lagardère / Le bossu

France, 17th century, during the reign of Louis XIII. When a dear friend, the Duke of Nevers, is treacherously assassinated by a powerful relative, a skilled swordsman, the noble Henri de Lagardère, seeks his rightful vengeance as he tries to protect the innocent life of the duke's last heir.

Pirates of Monterey

1947

English

5.8

♡ 3

Alfred L. Werker Director

Rod Cameron as Captain Phillip Kent

Gilbert Roland as Major de Rojas

Maria Montez as Marguerita Novarro

Gale Sondergaard as Señorita de Sola

A woman journeys to Spanish California to marry a Spanish officer, but on the way she meets and falls in love with an American adventurer who is part of a movement to overthrow the Spanish in California.

Adventures of Don Juan

1948

English

7.0

♡ 11

67%

Vincent Sherman Director

Errol Flynn as Don Juan de Maraña

Douglas Kennedy as Don Rodrigo

Fortunio Bonanova as Don Serafino Lopez

John Roy as Guard

Spanish Lothario Don Juan, the legendary lover and adventurer returns to Spain following a scandal and comes to the aid of his queen, who is under threat from sinister forces.

Gypsy Wildcat

1944

English

5.8

♡ 3

Roy William Neill Director

Douglass Dumbrille as Baron Tovar

Maria Montez as Carla

Edgar Dearing as Fat Guard

Nigel Bruce as High Sheriff

In an unspecified Renaissance kingdom, no sooner has Anube's gypsy tribe encamped near Baron Tovar's village when Count Orso is found murdered. The wicked baron blames the gypsies and imprisons them all in his castle. Meanwhile, a mysterious stranger on a white horse has hidden the murder arrow and won the heart of gypsy belle Carla, to the discomfiture of her erstwhile fiancée Tonio. Baron Tovar is also fascinated by Carla...especially when he notices her heraldic pendant.

A Challenge for Robin Hood

1967

English

5.8

♡ 8

22%

C.M. Pennington-Richards Director

Barrie Ingham as Robin de Courtenay / Robin Hood

Donald Pickering as Sir Jamyl de Penitone

John Harvey as Wallace

Harry Fielder as Yokel

After being falsely accused of murder, Sir Robin of Loxley takes refuge in the untamed wilderness of Sherwood Forest where he stumbles across a group of outlaws. Although initially suspicious of the aristocrat's motives, the men are soon won over by his integrity and prowess and Robin transforms them into a formidable fighting force, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. As word of his fame and valour spreads, a legend is born.

The Devil-Ship Pirates

1964

English

6.0

♡ 3

48%

Don Sharp Director

Barry Linehan as Gustavo

Bruce Beeby as Pedro

Michael Ripper as Pepe

Duncan Lamont as The Bosun

A pirate ship, fighting in 1588 on the side of the Spanish Armada, suffers damage and must put into a village on the British coast for repairs. The village is small and isolated and the Spanish convince the villagers that the English fleet has been defeated and that they, the Spanish, are now their masters. This results in the villagers' sullen cooperation, but rumors and unrest begin to spread and soon the Spanish pirates find themselves facing a revolt.

The Jewel of the Nile

1985

English

6.1

♡ 53

48%

Lewis Teague Director

Holland Taylor as Gloria

Michael Douglas as Jack

Kathleen Turner as Joan

Danny DeVito as Ralph

Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his life. Of course, he's up to no good, and Joan is just another pawn in his wicked game. But Jack Colton and his sidekick Ralph show up to help our intrepid heroine save the day.

Against All Flags

1952

English

6.5

♡ 6

52%

Douglas Sirk Director

Errol Flynn as Brian Hawke

Paul Newlan as Crop-ear Collins

Mildred Natwick as Molvina MacGregor

Maureen O'Hara as Prudence 'Spitfire' Stevens

In the 18th century, the pirates of Madagascar, lords of the Republic of Libertatia and masters of the Indian Ocean, live in an impregnable natural fortress, killing, robbing and plundering with impunity, so the British Navy hatches a daring plan to destroy them.

The Princess and the Pirate

1944

English

6.8

♡ 9

83%

David Butler Director

Colin Kenny as First Mate on the 'Mary Ann'

Lillian Molieri as Goldwyn Girl

Walter Slezak as La Roche

Bob Hope as Sylvester

Princess Margaret is travelling incognito to elope with her true love instead of marrying the man her father has betrothed her to. On the high seas, her ship is attacked by pirates who know her identity and plan to kidnap her and hold her for a king's ransom.

The Three Musketeers

2011

English

5.7

♡ 115

27%

Paul W.S. Anderson Director

Logan Lerman as D'Artagnan

Milla Jovovich as Milady de Winter

Christoph Waltz as Richelieu

Mads Mikkelsen as Rochefort

The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.

The Mark of Zorro

1940

English

7.5

♡ 29

92%

Rouben Mamoulian Director

Janet Beecher as Senora Isabella Vega

Jean Del Val as Sentry

Fortunio Bonanova as Sentry

Herman Hack as Soldier

In 1820 Spain, the son of a California nobleman comes home to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On one hand, he plays the useless fop, while on the other, he is the masked avenger Zorro.

The Sea Hawk

1940

English

7.6

♡ 14

94%

Michael Curtiz Director

Edgar Buchanan as Ben Rollins

Nestor Paiva as First Slavemaster

Errol Flynn as Geoffrey Thorpe

Anthony Warde as Whipper

Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.

Der Turm der verbotenen Liebe

1968

German

5.1

♡ 1

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Franz Antel Director

Uschi Glas as Blanche du Bois

Jean Piat as Bouridan

Armando Francioli as Orsini

Balázs Kosztolányi as Philippe

King's swordsman Captain Buridan, hero of the Flanders campaign, returns to Paris to find it in a grip of fear -a "vampire/witch" in the "Tower of Sin" is luring young men to their deaths by offering them a night of sexual ecstasy followed by savage slaughter. Buridan is holding secrets of his own and his battle to save France from an evil Chancellor, an impotent King and a lascivious, wanton Queen make the battlefields of war seem like child's play.

The Pirate

1948

English

6.8

♡ 10

78%

Vincente Minnelli Director

Gladys Cooper as Aunt Inez

George Chandler as Carriage Driver

Walter Slezak as Don Pedro Vargas

Marie Windsor as Madame Lucia

A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.

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