Captain Blood

An enslaved doctor and his comrades in chains escape and become pirates of the Robin Hood variety.

Captain Blood



Arrested during the Monmouth Rebellion and falsely convicted of treason, Dr. Peter Blood is banished to the West Indies and sold into slavery. In Port Royal, Jamaica the Governor's daughter Arabella Bishop buys him for �10 to spite her uncle, Col. Bishop who owns a major plantation. Life is hard for the men and for Blood as well. By chance he treats the Governor's gout and is soon part of the medical service. He dreams of freedom and when the opportunity strikes, he and his friends rebel taking over a Spanish ship that has attacked the city. Soon, they are the most feared pirates ! on the seas, men without a country attacking all ships. When Arabella is prisoner, Blood decides to return her to Port Royal only to find that it is under the control of England's new enemy, France. All of them must decide if they are to fight for their new King. Written by garykmcd





The quintessential swashbuckler. Irsih doctor Peter Blood is wrongly sentenced to deportation and slavery to the Caribbean. There he amuses himself with insults at DE Havilland. He plans an escape and now seeking vengeance forms an alliance with the French buccaneer Rathbone. However during their glorious piracy they capture DE Havilland and Flynn's feelings are betrayed when he challenges Rathbone over her Written by thanes

Genres: Action Adventure Romance

Release year: 1935