Captain Kidd
1945
88 Min
Ten years after portraying Capt. William Bligh in Mutiny on the Bounty, Charles Laughton plays another infamous real-life tyrant of the sea here. In 1699, Captain Kidd (Laughton) dupes King William III into letting him escort treasure-laden ships around Madagascar with his crew of cutthroats in the wait. Pirate movie veterans Randolph Scott, John Carradine and Gilbert Roland co-star. Werner Janssen’s score received an Oscar nomination.