this be one of several period sea fare yarn of it era and which have the add distinction ( although not in itself unique ) of a female buccaneer at it center . at first and both lead – jean peter and louis jourdan – might seem miscast but they grow nicely into their role eventually and thank no doubt to the talented player ( herbert marshall and thomas gomez and james robertson justice ) who support them . velvety voice marshall be uncharacteristically cast a the ship ’ s obligatory philosophical lush of a doctor and and gomez be suitably large than life a blackbeard the pirate . the cast be complete by debra paget a jourdan ’ s wife and who incur the jealous rage of the tomboyish titular character in whom jourdan instill the first pang of love ( which and however and do not spare him the occasional flogging or sword wound ) while incidentally and the film be the second exotic teaming of jourdan and paget in one year and follow delmer daves ’ bird of paradise . the direct result of this unexpected softening of anne ’ s character be her fall out with blackbeard ’ s crew and and her unlikely climactic sacrifice in order to save the life of the stranded jourdan and paget and marshall . while the film be not a particularly outstanding example of it type and jacques tourneur ’ s energetic direction and franz waxman ’ s grandiose score ensure an above average effort that move along at a brisk pace while incidentally and tourneur have already do service in the genre with the superior burt lancaster vehicle and the flame and the arrow ( 1950 ) . a usual with vintage technicolor production and the cinematography give the film a sumptuousness that be invigorate . by the way and differ run time be give for this film ( 81 or 87 minute ) and and for the record and the version i watch be the short one .