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Jolly Roger

Jolly Roger

6,8 /10 (16 Votes)
1999 EN 12 min

Overview

After marauding and sinking another ship, a band of pirates capture a female passenger, then send her overboard as punishment for her defiance. She vows revenge, and fortunately is rescued by a small passing ship carrying only its captain, his first mate and a cat. They cross paths with the pirates, but both sides - after seeming to have victory within their grasp - meet a fate neither could have predicted. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2008.

Release date

18/10/1999

Votes

16

Popularity

0.2

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

12 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2025-12-21

⭐ 6

I know, the animation isn’t really anything like “Captain Pugwash”, but that was all I could really compare this with to as it tells us a seafaring yarn with one obvious message. A woman is captured by pirates and promptly made to walk the plank. They all then proveed to get legless on rum and fall asleep. Meantime, a smaller ship is sailing nearby crewed by a captain, an enormous great sailor (think “Bluto”) and a cat. This skipper is not the bravest man on deck, but when he realises his would-be foes are all out for the count and the he espies a treasure chest, he takes advantage of the situ…

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