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Mutiny on the Blackhawk

Mutiny on the Blackhawk

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 31, 1939

Runtime

1h 6m

Genres

Adventure

Original Title

Mutiny on the Blackhawk

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Director

Christy Cabanne

Description

Story deals with slave-running between Hawaii and California in 1840, featuring a wild mutiny aboard a slave ship on the high seas, the bartering of natives for slavery in a tropical paradise, and battle scenes between enraged California settlers and the Mexican Army.