Product: Captain Kidd
Rating: 4.0
Captain Kidding
This is one of those, "I can't believe I never saw this before" movies. Charles Laughton is hilarious as the cynical and villainous Captain Kidd and seems to be having real fun in the roll. The rest of the cast is solid.Kidd is captain of a British ship, but unknown to the king, a pirate. His crew are, like him, a bunch of cutthroats, ready to sell anyone out for a bit of treasure - Kidd is just better at it than the rest. Scott is the hero and as good in this roll as I've ever seen him.Although this film isn't as exciting as Captain Blood, The Sea Hawk, or Treasure Island, it's still very good and lots of fun.The dvd quality is average for a public domain film - far from pristine, but perfectly good for those of us who don't mind.