The Buccaneer

The Buccaneer is a 1958 pirate-war film made by Paramount Pictures starring Yul Brynner as Jean Lafitte, Charles Boyer and Claire Bloom. Charlton Heston played a supporting role as Andrew Jackson, the second time that Heston played Jackson, having portrayed him earlier in the 1953 film The President's Lady. The film was shot in Technicolor and VistaVision, the story takes place during the War of 1812, telling a heavily fictionalized version of how the privateer Lafitte helped in the Battle of New Orleans and how he had to choose between fighting for America or for the side most likely to win, the United Kingdom. The movie's supporting cast featured Inger Stevens, Henry Hull, E. G. Marshall, Lorne Greene, Ted de Corsia, Ed Hinton, Douglass Dumbrille and Majel Barrett. (Ty Hardin was uncredited). Anthony Quinn directed the film. Possibly as a film tie-in, Johnny Horton had a big success at the time with his version of the song The Battle of New Orleans. Cast Yul Brynner as Jean Lafitte Claire Bloom as Bonnie Brown Charles Boyer as Dominique You Inger Stevens as Annette Claiborne Henry Hull as Ezra Peavey E. G. Marshall as Gov. William C. C. Claiborne Charlton Heston as Gen. Andrew Jackson Lorne Greene as Mercier Ted de Corsia as Capt. Rumbo Douglass Dumbrille as Collector of the Port Sir Lancelot as Scipio Robert Warwick as Capt. Lockyer Paul Newlan as Capt. Flint Norma Varden as Madame Hilaire Onslow Stevens as Phipps James Seay as Creole Militia Officer Henry Brandon as British Major Mike Mazurki as Tarsus Madame Sul-Te-Wan as Vendor Ken Terrell as Pirate Majel Barrett as Townswoman #1 Ty Hardin as Soldier (Uncredited) Cecil B. DeMille as Himself (uncredited)