Alicia I love this movie so much

PodBill Just what I expected

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Justina The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

colin-265 Why don't they make movies like this anymore? I had never seen this movie before and considering the year it was made it was fairly "spicey". Some great acting,especially Bail Rathbone and with his Dr Watson sidekick in the cast, I expected him to put on his deer stalker hat!I have to applaud the scenery and photography and of course the costumes. The scene where our heroine sees the Pirate Ship for the first time from the cliff top in all it's glory is breathtaking. Having lived in Devon and Cornwall I can't remember a beautiful day and calm seas at any time like that scene. Of course it wasn't shot in Cornwall at all.Slow start but it got very exciting from the half way point. And the heroine killing the damnable male villain. That's in vogue now. Super heroine before her time.If only Errol Flynn had played the Pirate lover I would have given it a 10

alicecbr Unless you're in for real camp, where the men are prettier than the women, especially in their wigs......then pass on this one. I rolled on the floor with laughter at the histrionics....breasts heaving an all (Joan Fontaine's, not mine). Not that I know it was made in 1944, when we were in a horrible war, I can understand why there was so little emphasis on the screen play. Escapist lore at it's funniest: think of one of those little romance novels that high school housewives love to read....that's the level you're looking at.But hey, it's pretty color. And unconsciously funny.

Neil Doyle Joan Fontaine was never more beautifully costumed and made up as a lady longing for romance with a dashing pirate to escape her dull marriage--but she never quite convinces she has all the spirit and fire of the heroine. (Evidently, Maureen O'Hara was unavailable). She poses prettily in a number of extravagant costumes but the fantasy escapism of the story seems artificial and contrived. A nice asset is a background score featuring Debussy's 'Clair de Lune' and a properly wicked performance from Basil Rathbone (who gets his comeuppance from the fair lady by having a suit of armor tossed at him.) Cecil Kellaway and Nigel Bruce don't fare as well in rather thankless roles. Unfortunately, the pirate is played unimpressively by Arturo de Cordova, entirely lacking in the charisma required to make his part believable. Women will especially love the idea behind the story--escape with the man of your dreams if only for a day or night of pirate adventure. Nothing deep here, but it's beautiful to look at and justly won an Oscar for Best Color Art Direction and Interior Decoration. For fans of romantic fiction, this one fills the bill.

DaniO A wonderful movie with everything a pirate movie should have; beautiful lady, mysterious house, ethereal setting, elegant ship, captivatingly handsome captain. For a quick getaway this is a winner.