There are those who think the pirate phenomenon is a new thing. Remember that Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer played pirates, and there were still real pirates active at that time. So it should come as a surpise to no one that back in 1960 they made a kid's movie about a 12 year old boy who thinks it would be great to be a pirate. He then comes into contact with real pirates and quickly changes his mind about that.
When the boy finds a genie in a bottle his first wish is to be "Free like a pirate." and he is transported to the world of Blackbeard and his not to kid friendly crew.
More over the genie has plans of his own. If the boy cannot get the pirates to take him back to the same shore where the boy found the bottle, so that he can throw it back in the waves . . . then the boy and the genie will change places and the boy will live for the next thousand years or so in the bottle. (Maybe he gets picked up by Sinbad on his seventh voyage?) He is a smart kid, but this seems like to much. How can he battle the pirates and the mystic lamp occupant who both seem determined to mess up every thing he wants.
Here is the cast:
Charles Herbert . . . Jimmy Warren
Susan Gordon . . . Katrina Van Keif / Kathy
Murvyn Vye . . . Blackbeard
Paul Guilfoyle . . . Snipe
Joe Turkel . . . Abu the Genie
Archie Duncan . . . Scoggins
Than Wyenn . . . Hunter
Albert Cavens . . . Dutch Captain
Mickey Finn . . . Peake
Morgan Jones . . . Mr. Warren
Timothy Carey . . . Morgan
The inescapable fact is that this is a kid's movie. Leave your jaded adult sensitivities at the door. If you can do this you will find this to be a cracking good adventure and silly fun. It could make you feel like a kid again for a little while. Fountain of youth in a movie? Not bad. Enjoy!
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