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Lakeshore Classic Movies
Captain Kidd (1945)
Season 2023
Episode 60
Charles Laughton plays the infamous 17th century pirate in this swashbuckler. When the King of England asks pirate Kidd to escort ships plying treasures from India, he must outwit his own band of cutthroats, as well as his top gunner (Randolph Scott).
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