Pirates of Tortuga

Pirates of Tortuga
Pirates of Tortuga
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert D. Webb
Written by	Jesse Lasky Jr.; Pat Silver; Melvin Levy
Based on	story by Mel Levy
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Starring	Ken Scott; Letícia Román; Dave King; John Richardson; Rafer Johnson; Robert Stephens
Cinematography	Ellis W. Carter
Edited by	Hugh S. Fowler
Music by	Paul Sawtell; Bert Shefter
Color process	DeLuxe Color
Production; company	Clover Productions
Distributed by	20th Century-Fox
Release date	October 1961 (USA);
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$675,000

Pirates of Tortuga is a 1961 American swashbuckler film which invented an alternate history for the actual Welsh privateer Henry Morgan. It was released in October 1961 in the United States in CinemaScope.^[2]

^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p253
^ PIRATES OF TORTUGA Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 29, Iss. 336, (Jan 1, 1962): 24.

[1] Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p253

[2] PIRATES OF TORTUGA Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 29, Iss. 336, (Jan 1, 1962): 24.

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