Secrets of the Pirates' Inn

1st real full length movie I ever watched as a kid. Fun adventure kid movie searching for pirate treasure with a crusty old man they meet. Excellent plot, everyone bands together scavenger hunting for the next clue. This was the movie before there was a Goonies movie. Couldn't wait unit part 2 & 3 aired the next week on the Disney Sunday evening show. Drove my parents crazy rushing them home so I wouldn't miss any of it. Secret of Strawberry cove was next with the same kids, kid scary fun to watch. Had all my friends over with popcorn to watch. The best movie I watched as a kid. Of all the remake flops they are doing now days, this would be refreshingly new for kids today. Also enjoyed the Tom, Huck & Becky Thatcher adventure series too. Watching these movies on the internet is small, poor quality, and a waste not being on the big screen.

I am a child of Disney -- watched Uncle Walt every Sunday. All of these TV movies (i.e. The Mystery of Dracula's Castle) lit the fuse for me to become a playwright.

This one is my favorite. Took years to find a copy of it. Now it's on YouTube. Having read mysteries like the Hardy Boys, Agatha Christie and Encyclopedia Brown not to mention the author Wylly Folk St. John whose book of the same name is the inspiration for this Disney TV movie.

Only Ms. John's original Pirates story pales in comparison to what Herman Groves saw in it.

Secret passage ways, riddles to solve, a bad guy, a mysterious treasure map and a rousing conclusion.

Got kids? Sit 'em down to watch a well-written, kid friendly mystery from a by-gone era.

No kids? You watch it, you'll like it!!! Chocolate Chips cookies and milk not provided.

"Secrets of the Pirate's Inn" follows three young kids who help an old Irish sea captain find a hidden treasure with a mysterious foe on their tails. This movie is surprisingly very entertaining to watch and from what I know, many people can recall seeing it as children back in '69 and the memories they have of watching it. Remember when movies could just be fun and exciting and not have to do with race and sex? ME EITHER! I wish we could just go back to the good ol' days of film. The movie is available on YouTube, so you should definitely give it a watch. It's a shame this film isn't available on DVD because I'd totally buy it!

THE SECRETS OF THE PIRATES INN" was one of the best, if not the best movie I seen as a child in the 1960's! I just today found the actual name of the movie and although delighted by this fact, I am at a sorrow full loss that I have come to find that the move is not released from the Disney Vaults. I would love to see this movie again in my life time and also share it with my grandchildren as well as my son. What an exciting adventure this was for me, to see "The SECRETS OF THE PIRATES INN" on TV back when. It kept you interested and focused. The mystery, the suspense, the action, all the secret passages, WOW what a movie! I've seen this movie one time 40 years ago, and 40 years later I'm still holding onto the magic experience of seeing this movie. "THE SECRETS OF THE PIRATES INN" is one one of the great sparkles of my youth. I hope to one day have the treat of viewing it again and the honor to actually own it. Oh yes, the truly wondrous World of Walt Disney.

I may or may not have seen Secrets of Pirates' Inn when it originally aired back in 1969 - I can't remember. My family watched the Disney show on Sunday nights (at least I remember it being Sunday night), so the chances that I saw it in 1969 are fairly high. However, even if I didn't, that doesn't affect the sense of nostalgia that filled me as I watched Secrets of Pirates' Inn a couple of days ago. It really took me back to my childhood - a time when kids played outside until dark, we looked for adventure in the wooded areas around the house, and dreamed of a mystery like the one the kids in this movie experienced. My friends and I would have jumped at the chance to go on a real treasure hunt, searching for pirate gold!

Getting back to the movie, Secrets of Pirates' Inn plays something like a toned-down version of The Goonies. Three average kids meet a sea captain who has inherited an old pirate haunt that may hide treasure. The kids agree to help the old man search for the gold. But someone else in town is also looking for the treasure. Can the kids help solve the clues, navigate the secret passages, and uncover the treasure first?

It's all great fun in that innocent sort of 60s Disney way. There's danger, but you know it's nothing that will cause any real harm to anyone. There's some drama and tension, but you know that in the end it will all be resolved in our heroes favor. The bad guys aren't all that bad and are easily apprehended. And the treasure is easy enough to find that you wonder why it wasn't found years ago. But, like I said, it's all fun.

I want to give a special mention to Ed Begley as Irish sea captain Dennis McCarthy. What a great and genuine performance!