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2024352 minPGdocumentary

7.0/ 10(8 ratings)• TMDB

Pirates: Behind the Legends

2024352 minPGdocumentary

7.0/ 10(8 ratings)• TMDB

Exploring the real pirates behind the legends of the high seas.

“A swashbuckling adventure; the true and untold story of the history of pirates.”

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Exploring the real pirates behind the legends of the high seas.

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Daniel Sharp

Daniel Sharpdirector

Billy Boyd

Anne Chambers

Anne Chamberscast

Harcourt T. Fuller

Harcourt T. Fullercast

Iszi Lawrencecast

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From legendary John Ward, immortalized in fiction as Jack Sparrow, and English explorer Francis Drake; branded Pirates by their enemies but heroes by their comrades, to the notorious Pirates of the Caribbean shrouded in myth.

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