sometimes it hard to be a pirate . but by golly miss jean peter have a lot of fun try and it show and particularly during her first spot of friendly swordplay with blackbeard ( mr thomas gomez eminently hissable ) when the sheer joy of performing be plain on her face . with fifty year of hindsight feminist seem intent on grab this movie a some sort of an anthem for the empowerment of woman in a male dominate society but i have serious doubt that either m. tourneur or miss peter have any such concept in their head at the time . it be an exciting and entertaining family film with absolutely no pretension and hidden meaning or alternative agenda . it be fun . m. louis jourdan be both winsome and treacherous a her love interest . mr herbert chapman be wise and philosophical a the wise and philosophical doctor . mr james robertson justice be just a tad unbelievable a the bosun . but it be miss peter who stay in the memory . wilfully adolescent and illiterate and tough but vulnerable and wonderfully agile and and ultimately and courageous and she be everybody idea of a lady pirate . there be a definite window of opportunity for her in feisty costume role that she do not choose to seize it be a matter of some regret .