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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) in Movies

Feb 10, 2019 (Updated Feb 10, 2019)  
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
1964 | Action, Drama, History
6
6.0 (2 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Hammer swashbuckler is an odd mixture of the colourful and the stodgy; shipload of dodgy Spanish types fleeing the defeat of the Armada pitch up in Cornwall and try to persuade the isolated local villagers that their side won, so they can get help fixing their ship.

Christopher Lee and a bunch of other Hammer rep stalwarts go through the motions professionally enough, though this isn't strictly speaking a horror movie (much talk of floggings, hangings, and tongues being cut out, though) - the 'village under foreign occupation' theme gives it the feel of a Second World War movie, weirdly enough. Decent sword fights, quite good production values - in the end it passes the time agreeably enough.
  
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David McK (3547 KP) rated Hornblower and the Hotspur in Books

Jan 30, 2019  
HA
Hornblower and the Hotspur
C.S. Forester | 1998
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Chronologically the 3rd Hornblower book (but 10th by publication date), this novel concerns the entirety of the period in which Hornblower is in command of the Hotspur, following the failure of the Peace of Amiens.

As such, this takes in numerous incidences, including (but not limited to) shore landings, running battles with enemy ships, a (brief) sojourn at home in which he comes face-to-face with his baby son for the first time, blockade duties in and around the vicinity of Brest, and travels to even more foreign shores *phew*.

In other words, a wide cross-section of the duties of a Royal Naval officer instead of concentrating on any one incident on its own.