The Buccaneer
The greatest adventure romance in Cecil B De Mille's glorious gallery of screen triumphs!
1938 | 126m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Cecil B. DeMille |
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| Writer: | Lyle Saxon, Edwin Justus Mayer, Harold Lamb, C. Gardner Sullivan, Jeanie Macpherson |
| Staring: |
| French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 04, 1938 |
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| Director: | Cecil B. DeMille |
| Writer: | Lyle Saxon, Edwin Justus Mayer, Harold Lamb, C. Gardner Sullivan, Jeanie Macpherson |
| Genres: | Adventure, Drama, History, Romance |
| Keywords | pirate, war of 1812 |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Fredric March | Jean Lafitte |
| Franziska Gaal | Gretchen |
| Akim Tamiroff | Dominique You |
| Margot Grahame | Annette de Remy |
| Walter Brennan | Ezra Peavey |
| Ian Keith | Senator Crawford |
| Anthony Quinn | Beluche |
| Douglass Dumbrille | Governor William C.C. Claiborne |
| Beulah Bondi | Aunt Charlotte |
| Robert Barrat | Captain Brown |
| Fred Kohler | Gramby (as Fred Hohler Sr.) |
| Hugh Sothern | General Andrew Jackson |
| John Rogers | Mouse |
| Hans Steinke | Tarsus |
| Stanley Andrews | Collector of the Port |
| Spring Byington | Dolly Madison |
| Montagu Love | Admiral Cockburn |
| Eric Stanley | General Ross |
| Gilbert Emery | Captain Lockyer |
| Holmes Herbert | Captain McWilliams |
| Evan Thomas | Sir Harry Smith |
| Michael Brooke | Lieutenant Rogers |
| Thaddeus Jones | John Freeman, a Servant |
| Reginald Sheffield | Ship's Surgeon |
| Eugene Jackson | James Smith, a Servant |
| Davison Clark | Colonel Butler |
| Ivan Miller | Commodore |
| Louise Campbell | Marie de Remy |
| John Hubbard | Charles (as Jack Hubbard) |
| Evelyn Keyes | Madeleine |
| Lina Basquette | Roxanne |
| Luana Walters | Suzette |
| Barry Norton | Villere |
| Alex Hill | Scipio |
| George H. Reed | Nicodemus, a Servant |
| Alphonse Martell | Major Latour |
| Frank Melton | Lieutenant Shreve |
| Ted Oliver | Fish Hook |
| Avril Cameron | Mrs. Claibourne |
| Florence Wix | Mrs. Livingston |
| Richard Denning | Captain Reid |
| J.P. McGowan | Jailer |
| John A. Milton | Banjo Player |
| Francis McDonald | Camden Blount |
| Jack Deery | Highlander Officer (uncredited) |
| Libby Taylor | Madeleine's Mammy (uncredited) |
| Yvonne Pelletier | Wife |
| Winifred Harris |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Lyle Saxon | Novel |
| Edwin Justus Mayer | Screenplay |
| Harold Lamb | Screenplay |
| C. Gardner Sullivan | Screenplay |
| Victor Milner | Director of Photography |
| Roland Anderson | Art Direction |
| Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Dan Sayre Groesback | Costume Design |
| Natalie Visart | Costume Design |
| Dwight Franklin | Costume Design |
| Stanley Goldsmith | Assistant Director |
| Richard Harlan | Assistant Director |
| Ken Lobben | Still Photographer |
| Cecil B. DeMille | Director |
| Jeanie Macpherson | Adaptation |
| George Antheil | Original Music Composer |
| Anne Bauchens | Editor |
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| William LeBaron | Executive Producer |
| William H. Pine | Associate Producer |
| Cecil B. DeMille | Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 3 |
| 2024 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
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