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Captain Kidd (1945)

Name: Captain Kidd
Genre: Action & Adventure
Released: 1945
Duration: 1 h 28 min
Cast: Charles Laughton, Abner Biberman, Randolph Scott, John Carradine, Reginald Owen

194589 minAction & AdventureStrong rights evidence

Captain Kidd (1945) is an 89-minute action-adventure film that airs free on Starlite TV's Adrenaline (CH 1) channel. Our rights research indicates it is in the U.S. public domain (evidence below). Directed by Rowland V. Lee.

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About Captain Kidd (1945)

Captain Kidd is a 1945 American adventure film starring Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott and Barbara Britton. It was directed by Rowland V. Lee, his last before he retired, and produced by Benedict Bogeaus and James Nasser.

In 1699, pirate William Kidd loots and destroys the English galleon The Twelve Apostles near Madagascar. He and his confederates bury the stolen treasure on a remote island. He returns to London and hires a gentleman's gentleman. Kidd then presents himself at the court of William III of England as an honest shipmaster seeking a royal commission as a privateer after striking his colours to a pirate. The king is persuaded by Kidd that the captain of The Twelve Apostles was that pirate, who has disappeared with its treasure.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article Captain Kidd (film) (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Credits

Directed by: Rowland V. Lee
Cast includes: Charles Laughton, Abner Biberman, Randolph Scott, John Carradine, Reginald Owen, Gilbert Roland, Harry Cording, John Qualen
Country: United States

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Adrenaline - CH 1, Action TV

Rights & source

Basis: Documented as U.S. public domain (e.g. copyright not renewed / no notice)
Evidence: Listed in Wikipedia 'List of films in the public domain in the United States' (cites Pierce 2007 / Fishman / trade sources).
License on source: creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain
Music: Film soundtrack falls with the film; separately published songs (if any) not individually cleared.
Source: Internet Archive

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