Adventures of an escaped-slave-turned-pirate who has made it his mission to waylay as many slave ships as possible, liberating the cargo. Along the way he uncovers a slave trading ring, falls in love with a governors daughter and faces his arch enemy.
Ricardo Montalban fits the role of the black pirate, the saviour of slaves, like a glove. His voice, mannerisms and style are spot on. He's totally believable in the role and oozes charisma. He plays quite a likeable and kind character. Pity he didn't make more swashbucklers. Matching him in the screen presence stakes is Vincent Price as the governor's assistant - and the man behind the slave trade - and of course, he's slippery as always and has big plans. Both these actors, the energetic swordplay as well as the cinematography uplifts this film from the average. It moves briskly like the flick of an epee. Some of dialogue is amusing ("is your knuckles are so sensitive that you can't knock on the door?"). There are a couple of beauties too - Liana Orfei and Giulia Rubini.
