Product: Captain Kidd
Rating: 4.0
Kidd: "Your neck will be stretched as long as your memory, one of these days."
The solid company of CAPTAIN KIDD includes Sidney Sheldon, producer of many famous TV series in the 1960s.Laughton, who was an over-the-top Lt. William Bligh in MGM's MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935) gives a more nuanced performance here as the fictionalized version of privateer William Kidd. He plays Kidd as a Cockney-accented social climber who hires valet Owen in an attempt to get more civilized.Randy Scott is properly attractive as a Lord in disguise who seeks revenge against Kidd, the killer of his father.Swashbuckler fans won't be disappointed here. Sticklers for historical accuracy on the other hand....Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll rating.(6.4) Captain Kidd (1945) - Charles Laughton/Randolph Scott/Barbara Britton/John Carradine/Gilbert Roland/John Qualen/Sheldon Leonard/William Farnum/Henry Daniell/Reginald Owen