Universal International Pictures
Not part of a collection.
Captain Lightfoot
An unforgettably beautiful love story
In 1815, Michael Martin, member of an Irish revolutionary society, turns highwayman to support it, and soon becomes an outlaw. In Dublin, he meets famous rebel "Captain Thunderbolt" and becomes his second-in-command, under the name "Lightfoot."
- Original title
- Captain Lightfoot
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- $1,300,000
CinemaSerf
Nov 25, 2023 · via TMDB
"Michael Martin" (Rock Hudson) is a low-key highwayman in early 1800s Ireland happy to rob the local gentry and contribute to Denis O'Shea's association that is peaceably pressuring for Irish freedom. The latter man isn't keen on accepting the fruits of crime, though, and so "Martin" leaves in a fit of pique and encounters a clergyman who takes him to a tavern. No room at the inn, but the preacher is a man of imagination and soon they are to share a room - if only the robber can convince the rebel-loathing landlord that he is worthy! Guess what? Folks ain't what they seem and in best "The Moonraker" tradition, the priest turns out to be the legendary "Capt. Thunderbolt" (Jeff Morrow) and swiftly the two become best friends, the former falls madly in love with the mischievous "Aga" (Barbara Rush) and a standard swashbuckling adventure ensues. To be sure, Hudson looks the part - but his acting is always the same - wooden with the occasional glint in his eye. There's virtually no chemistry with the almost as equally uninterested Rush and the presence of Scotsman Finlay Currie as the local balladeer doesn't quite convince either. That said, it's a colourful and reasonably paced film with just enough action, some duplicity, treachery and threat to temper the romantic slush and though maybe not a film I'll remember, I quite enjoyed it.
User reviews courtesy of TMDB.
Rock Hudson
Michael Martin
Barbara Rush
Aga Doherty
Jeff Morrow
John Doherty
Kathleen Ryan
Lady Anne More
Finlay Currie
Callahan
Denis O'Dea
Regis Donnell
Geoffrey Toone
Captain Hood
Hilton Edwards
Lord Glen
Sheila Brennan
Waitress
Charles B. Fitzsimons
Dan Shanley
Christopher Casson
Lord Clonmell
Shay Gorman
Tim Keenan
Kenneth MacDonald
Desmond
J.G. Devlin
Tuer O'Brien
Mike Nolan
Willie the Goat
Harold Goldblatt
Brady
Irving Glassberg
Director of Photography
Bud Westmore
Makeup & Hair
Douglas Sirk
Director
Ross Hunter
Producer
Heinz Roemheld
Music
W.R. Burnett
Novel
W.R. Burnett
Writer
Jägerschlacht
Toy Story
Birdman of Alcatraz
Apollo 13
Gangs of New York
Labyrinth
The City of Lost Children
The Professionals
The Black Stallion
Shanghai Express
Faraway, So Close!
The White Hell of Pitz Palu
The Edge
Hook
Burn!
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
The Matrix Revolutions
The Stolen Princess
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Horton Hears a Who!
Assassins
Wish You Were Here
Shanghai Noon
Lord of the Flies
He Was a Quiet Man
Soundless
The Flame and the Arrow
Dante's Peak
The Expendables
Bang Bang!
Jurassic Park III
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Nancy Drew
The Kautokeino Rebellion
Water
Absurdistan
Mars Needs Moms
Vertical Limit
American Ninja
Legionnaire
The Land Unknown
The Dragon Gate
The Ice Pirates
The Hunt for Eagle One
The People That Time Forgot
Operation Dumbo Drop
Nimmer
Sword of Lancelot
The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point
Mercenary for Justice
Lost Continent
Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls
Lawrence of Arabia
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
The Princess Bride
To Have and Have Not
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Time Machine
The Sea Hawk
Aladdin
The Mark of Zorro
The Alamo
Scaramouche
The Vikings
Pocahontas
Ivanhoe
Adventures of Don Juan
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
The Black Swan
The Big Sky
Benji
Hellfighters
Tarzan and the Amazons
The Flame and the Arrow
Kidnapped
Robin and Marian
Prince Valiant
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
Kings of the Sun
Mar 26, 1955
