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"Tiger of the Seven Seas" tells the story of Consuelo (Gianna Maria Canale), daughter of a pirate captain everybody calls "The Tiger" (Carlo Ninchi). The old man wants to retire because the crew does not completely trust his abilities anymore. But to whom shall he give the ship? He has no son, and several men are fighting for the leadership already. Then his daughter asks: "why shouldn't a woman become captain?", and thus she gets into a lot of trouble, especially when her father is murdered and cannot help her anymore.

Quite nice, but not really something special! "Tiger of the Seven Seas" is a work of experienced director Luigi Capuano who made 2 Sandokan movies with Ray Danton, "The Lion of St.Mark" also with la Canale and "Zorro and the Three Musketeers". A few shots from "The Lion of St.Mark" are used again here which shows the budget limitation. However, with a good deal of treason and fights, this is perfectly alright for a Sunday afternoon.

A pirate ship swashbuckler with a notable role for Gianna Maria Canale as the fiery Consuelo, who takes control of the ship after her father, the captain, is murdered by traitorous foes. This plays out exactly as you'd expect, with foes competing for secret treasure and the usual gamut of fencing duels and low seas action. It's a typical film of its kind.

Consuelo is the daughter of a famous pirate nicknamed the Tiger. When he feels tired and decides to leave the command of the ship, he chooses to give it to the winner of a challenge among his men, but unexpectedly, Consuelo wins. The same night Tiger is killed.

William is charged with the killing and is due to be executed, but before the sentence could be carried out, the Spaniards of Grand Duke Inigo arrive.

Consuelo and William escape. At first they don't trust each other but Consuelo discovers that William was falsely blamed; they take revenge on the traitor and recover Tiger's treasure.

Gianna Maria Canale waves her trusted cutlass once again as a pirate lady and she is really good with the sword - matter of fact, the sword fights are quite energetic here. It certainly boost this typical pirate tale, though don't expect much sea war fare, it's more landbased, and there's the usual schemes and betrayal. Anthony Steel looks a bit wan and frail as the lover of the pirate who is accused of killing her father. The climax is action-packed for a good fifteen minutes.

Consuelo, is the only one, who can take the command of the 'Santa Maria' after the death of the captain. Now she runs a sharp blade on the rides with the proud ship. But she is not the only one, who wants to have authority on board.