Hecht's next production for Warner Brothers was "The Crimson Pirate", another Technicolor swashbuckler starring Lancaster and Nick Cravat, a close friend since boyhood, and former acrobat who had worked with Lancaster in the circus (he had also co-starred in "The Flame and the Arrow"). It was directed by Robert Siodmak, written by Roland Kibbee and featured an early appearance by Christopher Lee. "The Crimson Pirate" was made entirely in remote locations, with filming in Ischia, an island off the Gulf of Naples, Italy and at Teddington Studios in England. Released in the fall of 1952, it also went on to be a top-grosser for Warner Brothers. Years later Hecht attempted to develop a sequel, "Jolly Roger: Son of the Crimson Pirate", but this film was never made.