Prince of Pirates

A 16th century kingdom in the Netherlands, the newly crowned King Stephan concludes a secret treaty with the Spanish. This puts him at odds with his younger brother, Prince Roland, who favors a treaty with the French. Stephan orders Roland imprisoned but Roland escapes and leads a revolt.

Not strictly a pirate film as most of the action is regulated on land, except for a few seafaring scenes. It's a familiar tale, yet a sprightly escapist one which has plenty of action of the sword twirling variety and a young Barbara Rush as a lady who disobeys John Derek's orders and hangs with the boys and even twirls the odd sword. I liked the main villain as he was cool as a cucumber - I don't really judge a film by its budgets, I am more concerned on whether it's entertaining and keeps my attention. Prince of Pirates achieves that.