Movie review - "The King's Pirate" (1967) **

Pointless remake of Against All Flags without that film's energy, zest or reason to exist. I guess Universal wanted to use Doug McClure as a hero and this piece of IP was lying around. As in the remake of Beau Geste the changes to the script do not improve it - they limit the role of Jill St John's pirate (so much so I kept forgetting that's what she was) and too much time for the comic relief acrobat. They never get a fix on McClure - he seems to be more cynical but he isn't - and Guy Stockwell head villain is underwhelming. The poor actor is dubbed too. Wrecks all that is good about the original. I guess Mary Ann Mobley is good and I enjoyed the dancing girls.