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Blackbeard | Gambling
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Released in 1968, the 250th anniversary of the death of the real-life Blackbeard the Pirate, Edward Teach.
Peter Ustinov played the character of Blackbeard as a rollicking and somewhat "naughty" person, much different than the way the personage was characterized in the movie's source novel by Ben Stahl.
Although it is considered a minor entry in the Disney catalog, its total gross from the initial release was reportedly over $20,000,000, a very impressive take for the late 1960s.
Track coach Steve Walker (Dean Jones) discovers the book of magic spells; in the source Ben Stahl novel of the same name, the edition is found by two teenage boys.
As they march to the showdown with Silky Seymour, the song sung by Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, and Suzanne Pleshette is "Heart of Oak' the official march of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.
"[telling Steve Walker about Blackbeard's tenth wife] Emily Stowecroft: Aldetha was a witch, you know. She never forgave the Captain for denouncing her to the authorities. When they were burning Aldetha at the stake, she put a terrible curse on him. As the flames crept higher and higher, she screeched her dying words: [raises her voice and startles Steve] Emily Stowecroft: "*Edward Teach*, sometimes known as Captain Blackbeard, when you come to die, may your body and soul be racked between this world and the next, always to be alone! May this curse hold fast and true, may you be held forevermore in limbo, until such time as there be found in you, most wicked of all villains - " [laughs maniacally] Emily Stowecroft: " - some spark of human goodness!" Emily Stowecroft: [in her calm, normal voice again] Well, good night, Mr. Walker. Sleep well! The dining room will be open for breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Please be prompt."
"Captain Blackbeard: Beware all wenches."
