Tries unsuccessfully to be that buoyant, rollicking pirate movie we all remember having seen in our youth and which they don't make anymore.
Nate and Hayes
He's a scoundrel... A hero... A lover of danger and the last of the adventurers... This is the story of Bully Hayes!
1983 · 1h 39m · PG
Adventure
Directed by
Ferdinand Fairfax
Overview
Nathaniel Williamsen is taken to an island mission with his fiancee Sophie. Their ship, the Rona, is captained by the roguish Bully Hayes, who also takes a liking to Sophie. When Sophie is kidnapped by slave trader Ben Pease "Nate" teams with Hayes in order to find her.
Director and cast
- Ferdinand Fairfax Director
- Tommy Lee Jones as Captain Bully Hayes
- Michael O'Keefe as Nathaniel Williamson
- Jenny Seagrove as Sophie
- Max Phipps as Ben Pease
- Grant Tilly as Count Von Rittenberg
- Peter Rowley as Louis Beck
- William Johnson as Reverend Williamson
- Mark Hadlow as Gun Operator
- Kate Harcourt as Mrs. Williamson
- Reg Ruka as Moaka
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