The King's Pirate (1967)

An American naval officer (Doug McClure) working for the British goes undercover as a spy to infiltrate a pirate base that threatens British shipping interests off the coast of Madagascar. In between his mission duties, he romances a lady pirate (Jill St. John) and an Indian princess (Mary Ann Mobley). Directed by Don Weis (LOOKING FOR LOVE). This is a remake of the 1952 swashbuckler AGAINST ALL FLAGS (1952). FLAGS wasn't all that great a movie but it had star power with its three leads (Errol Flynn, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn). Although a theatrical film, this one looks like a TV movie filmed on the Universal backlot (which it was) and its second tier cast is no match for the 1952 version. While the 1952 film had some humor, it took itself more seriously whereas the emphasis here is on humor, weak though it is. Ten years later, Universal would try again (without much success) to revive the pirate swashbuckler genre with the aptly named SWASHBUCKLER (1977). With Guy Stockwell, Kurt Kasznar, Torin Thatcher and Diana Chesney.