Andrea Aureli and his soldiers have captured the castle and killed the old nobleman. Now he wants to be recognized as the rightful duke, so he plans on marrying the old man's daughter, Mijanou Bardot. She has a brother who was out at the time, palling around with his buddy, Gérard Landry, a pirate off the Black Hawk, hence the movie's title.
Although there are a couple of scenes down at the beach, there's never a sight of nor scene set in the pirate ship, which will surely be as much a disappointment for the hopeful viewer as the wrong Bardot sister. Instead it turns out to be one of those movies where the peasants love the old ducal family, who only whipped them on national holidays or some such. There's some moderate cleverness in how the the good guys -- the pirates, that is -- get into the castle, and the usual poorly choreographed big fights at the end. A decent time waster.
Although there are a couple of scenes down at the beach, there's never a sight of nor scene set in the pirate ship, which will surely be as much a disappointment for the hopeful viewer as the wrong Bardot sister. Instead it turns out to be one of those movies where the peasants love the old ducal family, who only whipped them on national holidays or some such. There's some moderate cleverness in how the the good guys -- the pirates, that is -- get into the castle, and the usual poorly choreographed big fights at the end. A decent time waster.