A High Wind in Jamaica 08/31/19

Alexander Mackendrick’s exhilarating pirate adventure mixes accurate history with a fine story of innocence corrupting the corrupt: Anthony Quinn’s pirate goes soft for a 12 year-old girl, and jeopardizes his highly insecure professional standing. James Coburn is superb as the first mate trying to keep the skullduggery on course with a passel of interfering kids on board. And young Deborah Baxter offers an un-sentimentalized portrait of the ordinary magic of childhood. No Summer Magic this! A Region-Free German disc, with Lila Kedrova, Nigel Davenport and Gert Fröbe. On Region B Blu-ray from Explosive Media GmbH.
08/31/19