The Pirate (1978 film)

1978 television film directed by Ken Annakin

The Pirate

Genre| Drama
Based on| The Pirate
by Harold Robbins
Written by| Julius J. Epstein
Directed by| Ken Annakin
Starring| Franco Nero
Theme music composer| Bill Conti
Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
Production
Executive producer| Paul Picard
Producer| Howard W. Koch
Production locations| The Mission Inn, Riverside, California
Stage 5, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California
Tropico Gold Mine, Rosamond, California
Cinematography| Roland 'Ozzie' Smith
Editors| Howard Epstein
Russell Livingstone
Running time| 240 min.
Production companies| Howard W. Koch Productions
Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network| ABC
Release| November 21 (1978-11-21) –
November 22, 1978 (1978-11-22)

The Pirate is a 1978 American two-part, four-hour television miniseries directed by Ken Annakin. It is based on the 1974 novel with the same title written by Harold Robbins.[1][2] It was broadcast in two parts by CBS on November 21–22, 1978.[3][4]

## Plot

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A man raised by wealthy and powerful Arab parents, is put in charge of his country's vast oil fortunes; only to discover he was born to Jewish birth parents. He then comes into conflict with a terrorist group...headed by his own daughter!

## Cast

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* Franco Nero as Baydr Al Fay
* Anne Archer as Jordana Mason
* Olivia Hussey as Leila
* Ian McShane as Rashid
* Christopher Lee as Samir Al Fay
* Michael Constantine as Yashir
* James Franciscus as Dick Carriage
* Armand Assante as Ahmed
* Stuart Whitman as Terry Sullivan
* Eli Wallach as Ben Ezra
* Carol Bagdasarian as Maryam
* Jeff Corey as Prince Feiyad
* Marjorie Lord as Mrs. Mason
* Ferdy Mayne as Jabir
* Michael Pataki as General Eshnev
* Murray Salem as Ramadan
* Dimitra Arliss as Nabilia
* Leo Rossi as Shadin

## See also

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* List of American films of 1978

## References

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1. ^ Howard Pearson (September 21, 1978). "Franco Nero In Pirate Mini-series". Deseret News. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
2. ^ Mann, Roderick (August 10, 1978). "Confessions of a Blue-Eyed Arab". The Los Angeles Times. p. 73. Retrieved April 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Oil Fortune Handled By The Pirate'". Schenectady Gazette. November 17, 1978.
4. ^ Arthur Unger (November 17, 1978). "Stand by to repel boarders: TV's 'Pirate' comes alongside". The Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2012.

## External links

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* The Pirate at IMDb
* The Pirate at the TCM Movie Database

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Films directed by Ken Annakin

* It Began on the Clyde (1946)
* Fenlands (1946)
* Holiday Camp (1947)
* Miranda (1948)
* Broken Journey (1948)
* Here Come the Huggetts (1948)
* Quartet (1948)
* Vote for Huggett (1949)
* The Huggetts Abroad (1949)
* Landfall (1949)
* Double Confession (1950)
* Trio (1950)
* Hotel Sahara (1951)
* The Story of Robin Hood (1952)
* The Planter's Wife (1952)
* The Sword and the Rose (1953)
* You Know What Sailors Are (1954)
* The Seekers (1954)
* Value for Money (1955)
* Loser Takes All (1956)
* Three Men in a Boat (1956)
* Across the Bridge (1957)
* Nor the Moon by Night (1958)
* Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
* Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
* Very Important Person (1961)
* The Hellions (1961)
* The Fast Lady (1962)
* The Longest Day (1962)
* Crooks Anonymous (1962)
* The Informers (1963)
* Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
* Battle of the Bulge (1965)
* The Perils of Pauline (1967, part)
* The Long Duel (1967)
* The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
* Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969)
* The Call of the Wild (1972)
* Paper Tiger (1975)
* Murder at the Mardi Gras (1978)
* The Pirate (1978)
* The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
* Institute for Revenge (1979)
* Cheaper to Keep Her (1981)
* The Pirate Movie (1982)
* The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988)
* Genghis Khan (unfinished)

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