The Pirates of the Mississippi

The Pirates of the Mississippi
Directed by	Jürgen Roland
Written by	Friedrich Gerstäcker (novel) Johannes Kai Werner P. Zibaso
Produced by	Wolf C. Hartwig Peter Homfeld
Starring	Hansjörg Felmy Brad Harris Sabine Sinjen
Cinematography	Rolf Kästel
Edited by	Herbert Taschner
Music by	Willy Mattes
Production company	Rapid Film
Distributed by	Gloria Film
Release date	18 October 1963
Running time	101 minutes
Countries	France Italy West Germany
Language	German

The Pirates of the Mississippi (German:Die Flußpiraten vom Mississippi) is a 1963 western film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Hansjörg Felmy, Brad Harris and Sabine Sinjen. A Eurowestern, it was a co-production between West Germany, France and Italy. Based on the 1847 novel by Friedrich Gerstäcker, the film was the first pairing of Brad Harris and Tony Kendall with Gianfranco Parolini as a second unit director. Kendall reprised his role of Chief Black Eagle in Black Eagle of Santa Fe (1965).

Cast

• Hansjörg Felmy as Sheriff James Lively
• Brad Harris as Tom Cook
• Sabine Sinjen as Evelyn
• Horst Frank as Kelly
• Dorothee Parker as Georgia
• Karl Lieffen as Doc Monrove
• Tony Kendall as Schwarzer Adler
• Barbara Simon as Wichita
• Luigi Batzella as Squire Dayton
• Jeannette Batti as Mrs. Bridleford
• Dan Vadis as Blackfoot
• Danilo Turk as Uncle Jonathan
• Vladimir Bacic as Frank

Bibliography

• Pitts, Michael R. Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland, 2012.

External links

• The Pirates of the Mississippi at IMDb