Nice musical score directed by Philip Martell and composed by virtuoso harmonica Larry Adler, including some catching songs. Good supporting cast such as : Nigel Davenport, Lila Kedrova, Dennis Price, and brief role for Gert Frobe. Excellent main cast, such as an exceptional Anthony Quinn as the pirate captain and James Coburn as a good buccaneer. It packs comedy, adventure, drama and tragedy, all of them are ironically balanced by an intelligent screenplay written by Stanley Mann and Ronald Harwood. This enjoyable pirate movie contains sensitive moments, wonderful seafare exteriors and thought-provoking theme with psychological studio of childhood in which the peculiar relationship with kiddies takes a fateful twist. The superstitious pirates can't wait to unload the children at the first harbour and things go awry when an unfortunate tragedy takes place. But the kiddies reveal their basic natures aboard of the vessel and the problems emerge, discovering the innocent savageries of childhood. The kids view it as a lark, and one of them, a girl named Emily, develops an unusual bond with Chavez, the pirate captain. But their ship is attacked by a pirate vessel captained by Chavez (Anthony Quinn) and the second-in-command (James Coburn) and they are taken aboard. In the late XIX, during Victorian time, a hurricane destroys the house of Thorton family and the children are sent England. Very good adventure, a pure entertainment movie based on a novel written by Richard Hughes, shot in Jamaica and Pinewood studios.

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