June 2nd 

Devil-Ship Pirates*                               

(GB 1963)
Columbia/Hammer. 96m. Megascope

A rogue member of the Spanish Armada runs aground off the Cornish coast and holds the local village to ransom.
Workmanlike as always with Hammer, but with the intriguing concept and characterisation undone by blood-and-thunder heroics, and the swashbuckling fairly limited.

Written by: Jimmy Sangster.
Producer: Anthony Nelson-Keys.
Director: Don Sharp.
Starring: Christopher Lee, Duncan Lamont, Barry Warren, John Cairney, Andrew Keir, Suzan Farmer, Ernest Clark, Natasha Pyne, Michael Ripper, Johnny Speight.
Photography: Michael Reed.
Music: Gary Hughes.

DEVIL-SHIP PIRATES. Christopher Lee, now 90, was as adept as anyone with a sword, and few cinema villains could be more imposing. Ernest Clark is on the end of the blade this time, as Suzan Farmer anxiously watches.