Blackbeard, the Pirate

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Blackbeard, The Pirate, 1952.

TCM's new Saturday afternoon host Tiffany Vazquez introduces Blackbeard The Pirate, 1952.

Having just lost her fortune, Edwina (Linda Darnell), conniving with spy Maynard (Keith Andes), earns her pay for director Raoul Walsh, title character (Robert Newton) with terrific growls, in Blackbeard the Pirate, 1952.

Edwina (Linda Darnell) appears on deck, usurper captain Blackbeard (Robert Newton) being piratical, Mallory (Keith Andes) in a Raoul Walsh-directed sword fight, and a funeral (led by William Bendix) from Blackbeard the Pirate, 1952.

Brief historical framing in Port Royal, Jamaica, we meet Maynard (Keith Andes) and lovely Edwina (Linda Darnell), headed for trouble in Raoul Walsh's Blackbeard the Pirate, 1952.

A kidnapped beauty (Linda Darnell) gets caught between feuding pirates in Blackbeard the Pirate (1952), directed by Raoul Walsh.