The Pirate and the Slave Girl

Original title: La scimitarra del saraceno

1959
1h 39m

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Lex Barker and Chelo Alonso in The Pirate and the Slave Girl (1959)

When a ship carrying the daughter of Rhodes' governor and secret documents is captured by Mediterranean pirate Dragut, the governor tasks captain Diego with their recovery before they can be... Read allWhen a ship carrying the daughter of Rhodes' governor and secret documents is captured by Mediterranean pirate Dragut, the governor tasks captain Diego with their recovery before they can be sold to Sultan Selim.When a ship carrying the daughter of Rhodes' governor and secret documents is captured by Mediterranean pirate Dragut, the governor tasks captain Diego with their recovery before they can be sold to Sultan Selim.

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5.3/10

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Trivia
Italian censorship visa # 30481 delivered on 17-10-1959.

Quotes
The Dragon Drakut: [speaking of Roberto Diego] Let his punishment be a warning to all. Gamal, give him 30 lashes.

Alternate versions
The Portuguese censors approved the film for adult audiences without cuts, and it was the distributor who asked for a few cuts, so the film would be passed for 12-year-olds, maximizing the box-office. The same seems to be the case with the German versions, both theatrical, video, and TV broadcasts.

Connections
Featured in Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti (1977)

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6/10

They have a rough time with Myriam and Lex.

A disjointed screenplay ,a muddled story , and a cast against type Lex Barker (whose career was almost exclusively European in the sixties ) : a curious adventures movie ,with never a dull moment , plenty of sadism (flogging ,Myriam handing the pure governor's daughter to her riffraff pirates, Drakut leaving his injured enemy in the desert) and many implausibilities :a woman (Chela Alonso ,an habituée of the genre) ruling over a muslims ' tribe? A governor's daughter is refined and educated :how can she passed unnoticed among these probably illiterate enslaved women?

A great director could have enhanced Barker/Alonso's final scene which had a great potential ; as usual,it's the villains who provide the movie with its most exciting moments.