The Buccaneer

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The Buccaneer

"The greatest adventure romance in Cecil B De Mille's glorious gallery of screen triumphs!"

1938

2h 6m

6.4(10 votes)

Adventure

Drama

Romance

History

Overview

French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.

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Cast & Crew

48 members

Acting

Fredric March

Jean Lafitte

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Franziska Gaal

Gretchen

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Akim Tamiroff

Dominique You

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Margot Grahame

Annette de Remy

Acting

Walter Brennan

Ezra Peavey

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Ian Keith

Senator Crawford

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Anthony Quinn

Beluche

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Douglass Dumbrille

Governor William C.C. Claiborne

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Beulah Bondi

Aunt Charlotte

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Robert Barrat

Captain Brown

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Fred Kohler

Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.)

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Hugh Sothern

General Andrew Jackson

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John Rogers

Mouse

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Hans Steinke

Tarsus

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Stanley Andrews

Collector of the Port

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Spring Byington

Dolly Madison

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Montagu Love

Admiral Cockburn

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Eric Stanley

General Ross

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Gilbert Emery

Captain Lockyer

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Holmes Herbert

Captain McWilliams

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Evan Thomas

Sir Harry Smith

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Michael Brooke

Lieutenant Rogers

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Thaddeus Jones

John Freeman, a Servant

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Reginald Sheffield

Ship's Surgeon

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Eugene Jackson

James Smith, a Servant

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Davison Clark

Colonel Butler

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Ivan Miller

Commodore

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Louise Campbell

Marie de Remy

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John Hubbard

Charles (as Jack Hubbard)

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Evelyn Keyes

Madeleine

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Lina Basquette

Roxanne

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Luana Walters

Suzette

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Barry Norton

Villere

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Alex Hill

Scipio

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George H. Reed

Nicodemus, a Servant

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Alphonse Martell

Major Latour

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Frank Melton

Lieutenant Shreve

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Ted Oliver

Fish Hook

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Avril Cameron

Mrs. Claibourne

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Florence Wix

Mrs. Livingston

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Richard Denning

Captain Reid

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J.P. McGowan

Jailer

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John A. Milton

Banjo Player

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Francis McDonald

Camden Blount

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Jack Deery

Highlander Officer (uncredited)

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Libby Taylor

Madeleine's Mammy (uncredited)

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Yvonne Pelletier

Wife

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Winifred Harris

Unknown Role

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