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- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsErrol FlynnOlivia de HavillandLionel AtwillAfter treating a Monmouth rebel against King James II in 1680s England, a young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Jamaica where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardW.S. Van DykeStarsJeanette MacDonaldNelson EddyFrank MorganIn order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsWallace BeeryJackie CooperLionel BarrymoreYoung Jim Hawkins is torn between his loyalty to his benefactors and his affection for lovable rogue Long John Silver in their struggle to recover a buried pirate treasure.
- DirectorAmleto PalermiStarsCiro VerrattiSilvana JachinoAda BiaginiCiro Verrati, famed Italian fencing champion, stars as a soldier who turns pirate to avenge his honor. Nerio Barnardi plays the villain, and Slivan Jachino is on hand to provide the romance and decoration, outside of the many fight sequences. Shown in the USA with no English sub-titles.
- DirectorVladimir VaynshtokDavid BradleyStarsKlavdiya PugachyovaMikhail KlimovOsip AbdulovAn adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" with drastic changes to the plot. A group of English rebels searches for pirate's treasures to buy weapons for the civil war.
- DirectorElmer CliftonStarsDon TerryGwen GazeWalter MillerIn the Prologue, pirates hide a treasure on an island off the Mexican coast. And the pirates, the map and the treasure disappear in a volcanic eruption. The legend of the island draws treasure seekers for a few centuries, but the treasure lies undetected. Cut to 1938 and Carter Collins)---The Shark---takes possession of the island and turns it into a fortress, while he systematically seeks the gold. He takes over an ancient mansion, installs a physician, Doctor "X", his nurse Zanya, his butler, Hawkins, and Grindley, who has plans of his own, since he already has a portion of the map. The possessor of the other portion soon shows up. Meanwhile, Collins has his slave diggers---The Mole Men---digging up the island looking for the treasure. Back in the states reporter Larry Kent is assigned to go to the island to investigate the disappearance of another reporter, Paul Thorndyke. A sea captain who has half of the map is killed before he can tell the daughter, Toni Morrell, of an old shipmate about the other half but is around long enough to tell her that her father, that she doesn't know, is on the island but expires before he can tell her his name. Toni and Larry decide to join forces and solve the mysteries if the island.
- DirectorMarco ElterStarsAssia NorisMino DoroCamillo PilottoThe film stars Assia Noris and Mino d'Oro (later changed to Doro.) Noris is on her way to marry an unseen suitor in the New World and manages to fall in with some pirates. But, unknown to her, her fiancé (d'Oro)is one of the pirate crew members. At some point (probably between the missing songs in the shortened USA version), the twain does meet
- DirectorHobart HenleyStarsMary BrianJohn HallidayKay StrozziAn ordinary man is confronted by gangsters who have reason to believe a treasure is buried somewhere on his property.
- DirectorLeslie FentonStarsStanley AndrewsWade BotelerJimmy DimeThis Historical Mystery looks at the stories and rumors about Captain Kidd's treasure. Many people believe he buried a large treasure on an island off Madagascar, but died before he could return to retrieve it.