In one of director Cecil B. DeMille's rarest sound films, Fredric March stars as Jean Lafitte, the French pirate transformed into an American folk hero for his exploits at the Battle of New Orleans—all for the love of an American aristocrat (Margot Grahame), as DeMille tells it. As an invading British army approaches New Orleans, Lafitte sees a chance to join forces with Andrew Jackson and earn the respect of decent society while all afoot spies and traitors work to thwart his plans. Hungarian actress Franciska Gaal stars as Gretchen, a shipwrecked waif plucked from the sea by Lafitte.
Paramount Pictures, Inc. Director: Cecil B. DeMille. Screenwriter: Edwin Justus Mayer, Harold Lamb, C. Gardner Sullivan. Cinematographer: Victor Milner. Editor: Anne Bauchens. Cast: Fredric March, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff, Margot Grahame, Walter Brennan. 35mm, b/w, 126 min.
