The Pirates of Blood River
UK quad poster
Directed by	John Gilling
Written by	Jimmy Sangster
Produced by	Michael Carreras
Starring	Christopher Lee Kerwin Mathews Glenn Corbett Oliver Reed
Music by	Gary Hughes
Production company	Hammer Films
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	31 July 1962 (United Kingdom) August 1962 (United States)
Running time	87 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Pirates of Blood River is a 1962 British action film directed by John Gilling and starring Kerwin Mathews, Glenn Corbett, Christopher Lee and Oliver Reed.^[1]

Plot

While in a penal colony, Huguenot Jonathan Standish (Kerwin Mathews) is captured by pirates led by Capt. LaRoche (Christopher Lee) who force him to lead them back to his home village to retrieve a treasure supposedly hidden there.

Cast

• Kerwin Mathews ... Jonathon Standing
• Glenn Corbett ... Henry
• Christopher Lee ... Captain LaRoche
• Peter Arne ... Hench, a pirate
• Marla Landi ... Bess Standing
• Desmond Llewelyn ... Tom Blackthorne
• Oliver Reed ... Brocaire, a pirate
• Andrew Keir ... Jason Standing
• Michael Ripper ... Mack, a pirate
• David Lodge ... Smith
• Dennis Waterman ... Timothy Blackthorne
• Jack Stewart ... Godfrey Mason
• Marie Devereux as Maggie
• Lorraine Clewes ... Martha Blackthorne
• Jerold Wells ... Penal Colony Master
• Diane Aubrey ... Maggie (uncredited)

Reception

The film was issued on a double bill with Mysterious Island - which was Britain's biggest grossing double bill of the year.^[2]

Films and Filming said it was the tenth most popular movie in Britain for the year ended 31 October 1962 after The Guns of Navarone, Dr No, The Young Ones, Only Two Can Play, The Road to Hong Kong, Spartacus, The Comancheros, Blue Hawaii, and HMS Defiant.^[3]