The Buccaneer

Yul Brenner stars in this swashbuckling action movie as Buccaneer Jean Lafitte, a man fighing both sides of the war between the Americans and British during the War of 1812., Debonair pirate Jean Lafitte, is contacted by General Andrew Jackson to come to the aid of the United States when the British attack New Orleans during the War of 1812. Lafitte immediately falls in love with Annette Claiborne, the daughter of William Claiborne, the first governor of Louisiana., In this film, Yul Brynner plays the dashing buccaneer Jean Lafitte whose help is enlisted by U.S. General Andrew Jackson during the War of 1812 to defend New Orleans from British troops. While performing patriotic assistance, he falls for Annette Claiborne, the daughter of Louisiana’s Governor, William Claiborne., A re-make of the 1938 Cecil B DeMille classic with Yul Brynner as the swashbuckling pirate who heroically helps Andrew Jackson and the Americans repel the British forces at New Orleans during the War of 1812., Anthony Quinn directed this saga of pirate Jean Lafitte’s role in the War of 1812. Lafitte: Yul Brynner. Jackson: Charlton Heston. Bonnie: Claire Bloom. You: Charles Boyer. Annette: Inger Stevens. Governor: E.G. Marshall. Mercier: Lorne Greene. Ezra: Henry Hull. Rumbo: Ted de Corsia. Port Collector: Douglass Dumbrille. Scipio: Sir Lancelot. Score by Elmer Bernstein., Anthony Quinn directed this saga of pirate Jean Lafitte’s role in the War of 1812.