Name: The Devil-Ship Pirates
Director: Don Sharp
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Released: 1964-01-01
Duration: 86 min

A hot-blooded crew of cut-throats!

The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) centers on the ruthless captain of a damaged Spanish privateer who occupies an isolated English coastal village after persuading its residents that the Spanish Armada has won the war. As the deception begins to unravel and unrest spreads among the villagers, a determined resistance threatens the crew’s plan to repair their ship and escape before English forces arrive. This British swashbuckler blends historical adventure, action, and pirate spectacle as courage, deception, and the struggle for freedom shape a tense conflict between ordinary villagers and ruthless invaders.

Selected disc options for The Devil-Ship Pirates

Extras	Network BD-B/UK/OOP 2021	Sony DVD-R-0/US 2013	Columbia DVD-1/US 2008
Audio Commentary by Writer Jimmy Sangster and Art Director Don Mingaye, Moderated by Marcus Hearn		has extra	has extra
The Unlevel-Ship Pirates (21:21)	has extra
Boy’s Own Adventure - Interview with Actor Michael Newport (24:04)	has extra
Hammer Time - Interview with Actress Annette Whiteley (17:12)	has extra
Stills Gallery (3:42)	has extra
UK Theatrical Trailer with The Invincible Seven (1963) (2:41)	has extra
US Theatrical Trailer (2:52)	has extra		has extra
“Hot Paprika” (Short, 1935, 17:17)			has extra
“The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd” (Chapter 1 Episode, 1953, 21:33)			has extra
“The Merry Mutineers” (Animated Short, 1936, 7:18)			has extra

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Notes

Network’s Blu-ray includes a 20-page booklet with writing by Neil Sinyard (“Hammer’s Armada: Don Sharp’s ‘The Devil-Ship Pirates’”). Trailers included: Unearthly Stranger (1963) and Invasion (1965).
Columbia’s DVD is included in the “Icons of Adventure” box set with The Stranglers of Bombay (1959), The Terror of the Tongs (1961) and The Pirates of Blood River (1962).

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The Unlevel-Ship Pirates (21:21)
Boy’s Own Adventure (24:04)
Hammer Time (17:12)

Presentation	Network BD 2021 Video File 1 Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Resolution: 1080p23.976 Overall bit rate: 24.93 Mbps Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 Length:1:26:37.155 File size: 16.03 GiB Audio File 1 Language: English LPCM 2.0 Mono Sampling rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 1536 kbps Bit depth: 16-bit Subtitles English SDH
Extras	Audio Commentary by Writer Jimmy Sangster and Art Director Don Mingaye, Moderated by Marcus Hearn Columbia DVD
	The Unlevel-Ship Pirates (21:21, 1080p) Network BD
	Boy’s Own Adventure - Interview with Actor Michael Newport (24:04, 1080p) Network BD
	Hammer Time - Interview with Actress Annette Whiteley (17:12, 1080p) Network BD
	Stills Gallery (3:42, 1080p) Network BD
	UK Theatrical Trailer with The Invincible Seven (1963) (2:41, 1080p) Network BD
	US Theatrical Trailer (2:52, 1080p) Network BD
	“Hot Paprika” (Short, 1935, 17:17, 480p) Columbia DVD
	“The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd” (Chapter 1 Episode, 1953, 21:33, 480p) Columbia DVD
	“The Merry Mutineers” (Animated Short, 1936, 7:18, 480p) Columbia DVD