Captain Kidd And The Slave Girl (1954)

Set in the 17th century, an Earl (James Seay) dispatches his mistress (Eva Gabor) to seduce the notorious Captain Kidd (Anthony Dexter) in order to discover where he has hidden his treasure. Directed by Lew Landers (DAVY CROCKETT INDIAN SCOUT). A generic pirate movie with all the cliches intact. Here, Captain Kidd isn't the cutthroat pirate that Charles Laughton played in the 1945 CAPTAIN KIDD. Instead, he's a dashing swashbuckling hero but the nondescript Anthony Dexter is no Errol Flynn or Tyrone Power so there's a blank space on the screen. The film was shot in color but the transfer I saw was in B&W but other than making the movie more visually pleasing, I doubt it would have made the film any better. With Alan Hale Jr., Lyle Talbot, William Schallert and Sonia Sorrell.