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The Buccaneer

1938·126 min

The Buccaneer

Directed by Cecil B. DeMille

AdventureDramaRomanceHistory

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

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Jean Lafitte

Gretchen

Dominique You

Annette de Remy

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Edwin Justus Mayer

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C. Gardner Sullivan

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Cecil B. DeMille

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The Buccaneer (1938) is about french pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.

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Cecil B. DeMille directed The Buccaneer (1938).

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