The Black Pirates

For the 1926 silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks, see The Black Pirate. For the 1976 Italian film starring Kabir Bedi, see The Black Pirate (1976 film).
The Black Pirates
Directed by Allen H. Miner
Written by Fred Freiberger
Al C. Ward
Starring Anthony Dexter
Robert Clarke
Martha Roth
Toni Gerry
Lon Chaney Jr.
Music by Manuel Díaz Conde
Cinematography Gilbert Warrenton
Distributed by Kit Parker Films
Lippert Pictures
Release dates
  • December 24, 1954 (1954-12-24)
Running time
74 minutes
Country United States
Mexico
El Salvador
Language English

The Black Pirates is a 1954 Ansco Color adventure film made by Salvador Films Corp. about a band of pirates scouring a small Central American town for a buried treasure. It was directed by Allen H. Miner and produced from a screenplay by Fred Freiberger and Al C. Ward based on the story by Johnston McCulley.

The film stars Anthony Dexter and Martha Roth with Robert Clarke, Toni Gerry and Lon Chaney Jr..

The tagline of the movie was "Wild Raiders of the Tropic Seas!". It was filmed on location in Panchimalco, El Salvador. Filming started in mid-June 1954 and the movie was released in December and distributed in Latin America under the title El Pirata Negro.


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