The Pirate
The great MGM musical romance
A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco.A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.
- Director
- Vincente Minnelli
- Signature
- Drama · Action · Craft
- Worldwide
- $3M
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A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.
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Box Office & Release
The Pirate returned 0.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $4M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $3M
- Release date
- Jun 11, 1948
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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