less than two hundred and fifty year ago and the last of the great pirate write their name in blood and fire across the page of maritime history . this be the story of a buccaneer captain whose name for one short year strike terror in the heart of seafarer and merchant from the port of the caribbean to the trading house of london . hmm and that open to the film sound like we be in for one hell of a swashbuckling and pillaging and ripper of a movie doesn not it . well it not . tho it not totally without value a a curio piece . out of 20th century fox and anne of the indie be adapt by philip dunne and arthur caesar from a short story write by herbert ravenel sas . direction be by jacques tourneur and the score be by franz waxman and harry jackson be provide the technicolor photography . jean peter be in the titular title role of anne { aka captain providence } and support come from louis jourdan and debra paget and herbert marshall and thomas gomez and james robertson justice . originally mean to be be base on true life pirate anne bonny and the film ultimately turn out to be a tale of a woman seek identity and and find herself and in the predominantly male lead world of piracy and sea base shenanigan . fill with clichés and over familiar set piece and the film also suffer from a cast that be largely misfire . peter give it a right good go and and paget light up the screen with effervescent beauty . while robertson justice and although underused and actually look the part and doesn not overact like the rest of the male cast do . some reviewer have desperately try to dig deep into the film to find intelligence and hidden meaning and purely because it tourneur in the directing chair . but there be no depth here and this be merely a job for tourneur and a professional one grant and but it thinly plot and actually lack swash to go with the buckle in the action stake . disposable at best . 4/10 .