The Pirates of the Mississippi

Directed by	Jürgen Roland
Produced by	Wolf C. Hartwig[1]
Screenplay by	Werner P. Zibaso; Johannes Kai[1];
Music by	Willi Mattes[1]
Cinematography	Rolf Kästel[1]
Edited by	Herbert Taschner[1]
Production; companies	Societé Nouvelle de Cinématographie (S.N.C.); Produzione Gianni Fuchs; Rapid-Film GmbH[1];
Distributed by	Gloria Film
Release date	18 October 1963 (West Germany);
Running time	102 minutes[1]
Country	West Germany; France; Italy;

The Pirates of the Mississippi (German: Die Flußpiraten vom Mississippi) is a Western film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Hansjörg Felmy, Brad Harris and Sabine Sinjen.[2] A Eurowestern, it was a co-production between West Germany, France and Italy.[1] Based on the 1847 novel by Friedrich Gerstäcker, the film was the first pairing of Brad Harris and Tony Kendall with Gianfranco Parolini as a second unit director. Kendall reprised his role of Chief Black Eagle in Black Eagle of Santa Fe (1965).

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Berthel and Johannes Ott.

Cast

Hansjörg Felmy as Sheriff James Lively
Brad Harris as Tom Cook
Sabine Sinjen as Evelyn
Horst Frank as Kelly
Dorothee Parker as Georgia
Karl Lieffen as Doc Monrove
Tony Kendall as Schwarzer Adler
Barbara Simon as Wichita
Luigi Batzella as Squire Dayton
Jeannette Batti as Mrs. Bridleford
Dan Vadis as Blackfoot
Danilo Turk as Uncle Jonathan
Vladimir Bacic as Frank

Release

The Pirates of the Mississippi was released in France on 13 October 1965.[3] It passed German censors on 18 October 1963 and was released to television in West Germany on 22 June 1969.[1]

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References

"Die Flußpiraten vom Mississippi". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 11 March 2018.
Pitts p.251
"Die Flusspiraten des Mississ". Bifi.fr (in French). Retrieved 11 March 2018.

Bibliography

Pitts, Michael R. Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland, 2012.

External links

The Pirates of the Mississippi on IMDb

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[filmportal.de-1] "Die Flußpiraten vom Mississippi". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[2] Pitts p.251

[3] "Die Flusspiraten des Mississ". Bifi.fr (in French). Retrieved 11 March 2018.