Blackbeard's Ghost

I have just watched this again as a 41 year old man and I quite literally laughed so hard my ears popped !. A preposterous plot of Blackbeard's Ghost {a deliciously OTT Peter Ustinov} being summoned to the then present day... Full review

Watching Blackbeard's Ghost yesterday put me in mind of the late Robert Newton and his portrayal of Blackbeard in a classic film from the Fifties. Had Mr. Newton not died of chronic alcoholism in 1957, I'm sure he would have been... Full review

To me despite what other people might think is a Walt Disney Classic that I saw when I was just a kid. This movie stars Award-winning actor Peter Ustinov along with Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette. This movie had me laughing... Full review

This movie had great memories from when I saw it as a kid. Usually, the movie's never as good as it was, you know, when you see it again once you're older. This one is still great, though! The jokes and... Full review

This entertaining Disney comedy-fantasy drags at times, but its two major set pieces (the track championship and the final showdown) are worth watching. It's true that most of the film's dialogue passages are pretty tiresome, but it also has many clever... Full review

This was a movie that brought back good memories. Our family went to see it at the theater back in the 70's. It is a good story, with a few scenes that are very funny. Dean Jones has the lead (of... Full review

Blackbeard's Ghost " happily reverses the unhappy trend. At least one-Disney's " Blackbeard's Ghost "-is a pleasant surprise. Ustinov, naturally, plays Blackbeard's ghost, and he can be seen only by the luckless track coach ( Dean Jones ). ... Full Review

An amiable 1960s Disney comedy with a few spooky moments, Blackbeard's Ghost stars Peter Ustinov as the title phantom....Undeniably silly and somewhat dated, Blackbeard's Ghost remains harmless, modestly entertaining family fare.....Highlights include an ominous retelling of the story of Blackbeard's curse and a slapstick scene pitting the heroes against the gangsters.....Ustinov hams amusingly as the Disneyfied buccaneer, Jones's slow burn is variously funny and annoying.... ... Full Review

It's been a long time since Hollywood gave us a decent pirate movie, and that by itself is one reason for liking " Swashbuckler ." Pirates used to roam the screens with fearsome regularity, but in the early 1960s, the... ... Full Article