Captain Kidd

Pirate William Kidd loots and buries treasure, convinces the king he is a privateer, recruits a crew, blows up a ship, arranges a death, schemes to get rid of associates, is betrayed and hanged. Captain Kidd is a 1945 American English-language Adventure Biography motion picture featuring Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, Reginald Owen, John Carradine, Gilbert Roland and Frederick Worlock. Benedict Bogeaus Productions in association with Captain Kidd Productions. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Benedict Bogeaus. The movie is directed by Rowland V. Lee. United Artists acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Captain Kidd was released on 25th December 1945 and takes a screen time of 90 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. The screenplay for the movie was written by Norman Reilly Raine. Cinematography was done by Archie Stout and editing by James Smith and Charles Odds. The music was composed by Werner Janssen.