Devil-Ship Pirates, The (1964, U.K.)

An action-packed adventure drama set in the summer of 1588, The Devil-Ship Pirates stars Christopher Lee in a memorable turn as the evil captain of a Spanish privateer intent on mayhem and murder! Stylishly directed by Don Sharp – and one of several swashbucklers made by Hammer in the 1960s – it is featured here as a restoration from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.

While the British fleet is engaged in a desperate battle with the Armada, a Spanish vessel, the Diablo, puts in at a lonely inlet on the Cornish coast for emergency repairs. Finding a nearby village, the Spaniards terrorise the local population and take village girls as hostages.