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1938 | DIRECTED BY CECIL B. DEMILLE

The Buccaneer

Directed by

 
Cecil B. DeMille

Producers

Name
Role
 
Cecil B. DeMille
Producer
 
William H. Pine
Associate Producer
 
William LeBaron
Executive Producer Uncredited

Written by

Writer
Role
 
C. Gardner Sullivan
Screenplay
 
Edwin Justus Mayer
Screenplay
 
Grover Jones
Uncredited
 
Harold Lamb
Screenplay
 
Jeanie Macpherson
Adaptation
 
Jesse Lasky Jr.
Uncredited
 
Lyle Saxon
Novel

Music by

Artist
Role
 
George Antheil
Music

Starring

Actors
Character
 
Fredric March
Jean Lafitte
 
Franciska Gaal
Gretchen
 
Akim Tamiroff
Dominique You
 
Margot Grahame
Annette de Remy
 
Walter Brennan
Ezra Peavey
 
Ian Keith
Sen. Crawford
 
Anthony Quinn
Beluche
 
Douglass Dumbrille
Gov. William C.C. Claiborne
 
Beulah Bondi
Aunt Charlotte
 
Robert Barrat
Capt. Brown
 
Fred Kohler
Gramby
 
Hugh Sothern
Gen. Andrew Jackson
 
John Rogers
Mouse
 
Hans Steinke
Tarsus
 
Stanley Andrews
Collector of the Port
 
Spring Byington
Dolly Madison
 
Montagu Love
Adm. Cockburn
 
Eric Stanley
Gen. Ross
 
Gilbert Emery
Capt. Lockyer
 
Holmes Herbert
Capt. McWilliams
 
Evan Thomas
Sir Harry Smith
 
Michael Brooke
Lt. Rogers
 
Thaddeus Jones
John Freeman - a Servant
 
Reginald Sheffield
Ship's Surgeon
 
Eugene Jackson
James Smith - a Servant
 
Davison Clark
Col. Butler
 
Ivan Miller
Commodore
 
Louise Campbell
Marie de Remy
 
John Hubbard
Charles
 
Evelyn Keyes
Madeleine
 
Luana Walters
Suzette
 
Barry Norton
Villere
 
Alex Hill
Scipio
 
George Reed
Nicodemus - a Servant
 
Alphonse Martell
Maj. Latour
 
Frank Melton
Lt. Shreve
 
Ted Oliver
Fish Hook
 
Avril Cameron
Mrs. Claibourne
 
Florence Wix
Mrs. Livingston
 
Richard Denning
Capt. Reid
 
J.P. McGowan
Jailer
 
John A. Milton
Banjo Player
 
Francis McDonald
Camden Blount
 
Frank Abbott
Pirate
 
Pearl Adams
Praline Seller
 
Richard Alexander
Pirate
 
Demetrius Alexis
 
Paulita Arvizu
French Woman
 
Hooper Atchley
 
Arthur Aylesworth
Pirate
 
Lynn Bailey
 
Granville Bates
Gentleman Wanting to Surrender
 
Hank Bell
Pirate
 
Stanley Blystone
Pirate
 
Marie Bodie
Spanish Woman
 
Nina Borget
Passenger
 
Barlowe Borland
Dolly Madison's Servant
 
Ed Brady
Jackson's Aide
 
Charles Brokaw
Vincent Nolte
 
Horace G. Brown
Pirate
 
James Burke
Pirate
 
Tom Burke
Pirate
 
Marie Burton
 
Mae Busch
 
A.S. Pop Byron
Victory Ball Guest
 
George Calliga
 
Edward Cecil
 
Lane Chandler
Pirate
 
Andre Cheron
French Merchant
 
Ethel Clayton
Woman Selecting Perfumes
 
Jack Rube Clifford
Mountaineer
 
James Craig
Victory Ball Creole Guest
 
Richard Cramer
Pirate
 
Floyd Criswell
Pirate
 
Dorothy Dayton
 
Victor De Linsky
Pirate
 
Martial de Serrand
 
Paula DeCardo
 
Jack Deery
Highlander Officer
 
Amapola Del Vando
Spanish Woman
 
Vic Demourelle
Pirate
 
Jane Dewey
 
James Dime
 
Al Downing
Pirate
 
Ellen Drew
 
Jimmie Dundee
Pirate
 
Yvonne Duval
 
Paul Ellis
Spanish Man
 
Charles Emerson
Clerk at Claiborne's Office
 
Margaret Fealy
Elderly Woman
 
Maude Fealy
Wife
 
Antonio Filauri
Customer
 
Paul Fix
Dying Pirate
 
James Flavin
British Sergeant
 
Ray Flynn
Maj. Hinds
 
Diana Forest
 
J.C. Fowler
Prominent Gentleman
 
Jerry Frank
Shirtless Sailor
 
Blanche Franke
French Woman
 
Curt Furburg
 
Norah Gale
 
George Ghermanoff
 
Kenneth Gibson
 
Lupe Gonzalez
Wife
 
Grace Goodall
Dolly Madison's Dinner Guest
 
Rita Gould
 
William Gould
Victory Ball Guest
 
Mildred Gover
Colored Girl
 
Rosita Granada
Passenger
 
Jesse Graves
Majordomo
 
Jennifer Gray
 
Lorna Gray
 
Harriette Haddon
 
Wilfred Halroyd
Swordsman
 
Chuck Hamilton
Pirate
 
Ray Hanford
Pirate
 
Lillian Harmer
Woman Who'll Lock Up Chicken Coop
 
Winifred Harris
 
Carey Harrison
Courier
 
John Hart
 
Ivo Henderson
Flag Bearer
 
Oscar Dutch Hendrian
Pirate
 
Ben Hendricks Jr.
Pirate
 
Leyland Hodgson
British Naval Lieutenant
 
Beulah Hutton
 
Charles Irwin
Highlander
 
Tiny Jones
Pirate's Wife
 
Jane Keckley
Wife
 
Crauford Kent
Victory Ball Guest
 
Gwen Kenyon
 
Bob Kortman
Pirate
 
Frank Lackteen
Pirate
 
Alexander Leftwich
 
Edward LeSaint
Gentleman Willing to Fight
 
Carl M. Leviness
Dolly Madison's Dinner Guest
 
Ralph Lewis
Prominent Gentleman
 
Baron James Lichter
Pirate
 
Leota Lorraine
 
Helen Lutrell
Dolly Madison's Dinner Guest
 
Jack Maclennan
 
Andre Marsaudon
Guest
 
Margaret Martin
 
Lita Marty
 
Francisco Maran
Guest
 
Joyce Mathews
 
Eric Mayne
Party Guest
 
William McCall
Ship's Officer
 
Philo McCullough
Assistant Jailer
 
Carmelita Meek
Wife
 
John Merkyl
Officer
 
John Merton
Pirate Shot by Lafitte
 
Robert Milasch
Pirate
 
Ernesto Molinari
 
Monte Montague
Pirate
 
Francisco Moreno
Abbe Duberg
 
Philip Morris
Pirate
 
Charles Morton
 
Henry Mowbray
Artillery Captain
 
John Nasborough
Pirate
 
Louis Natheaux
Prominent Gentleman
 
Ottola Nesmith
Dolly Madison's Dinner Guest
 
Ralph Norwood
 
Kanza Omar
 
George Owen
Infantry Captain
 
Rita Owen
Wife
 
John Patterson
Young Blade
 
Edward Peil Sr.
Victory Ball Guest
 
Yvonne Pelletier
Wife
 
Jack Pennick
Bucktoothed Private
 
Albert Petit
Passenger
 
Albert Pollet
Guest
 
Lee Prather
Legislator
 
Pete Rasch
Pirate
 
Ione Reed
Wife
 
Suzanne Ridgway
 
Jimmy Robinson
Poster Boy
 
Ruth Robinson
 
Dorothy Rogers
Wife
 
Constantine Romanoff
Pirate in Jail
 
Buddy Roosevelt
Officer
 
Alma Ross
 
Jose Rubio
Spanish Man
 
Mel Ruick
Pirate with Violin
 
Jack Rutherford
Orderly
 
George Savidan
French Newsboy
 
Cy Schindell
Pirate
 
Louise Seidel
 
Walter Shumway
 
Gertrude Simpson
Wife
 
Robert St. Angelo
Pirate
 
Edwin Stanley
Dolly Madison's Dinner Guest
 
Rafael Storm
 
Eddie Sturgis
Officer
 
John M. Sullivan
Colonel
 
John Sutton
British Officer Before Battle
 
Libby Taylor
Madeleine's Mammy
 
Terry
Landlubber
 
Bob Terry
Officer
 
Laura Treadwell
Charming Lady
 
Charles Trowbridge
Daniel Carroll
 
Archie Twitchell
Party Guest
 
Virginia Vale
 
Foy Van Dolsen
Mountaineer
 
Richard Van Opel
Troop Captain
 
Jacques Vanaire
French Man
 
Cesar Vanoni
 
Trina Varella
 
Blanca Vischer
 
Bess Wade
Wife
 
William Wagner
Officer
 
Bruce Warren
Ship's Purser
 
Peggy Watts
 
Stanhope Wheatcroft
 
Dorothy White
 
Gloria Williams
 
Maston Williams
Pirate
 
Gilbert Wilson
 
Douglas Wood
Gentleman Wanting to Surrender
 
Harry Woods
American Sergeant
 
Charlotte Wynters
Charming Southern Lady