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Penal Colony | Pirate
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According to Sir Christopher Lee, the pond fording at Black Park was a horrible experience. The water was polluted and the bottom consisted of three or four feet of mud, sludge, broken trees and branches, stench, and general filth that the stuntmen refused to do it. Michael Ripper nearly drowned, Oliver Reed contracted an eye and ear infection, and Lee claims he couldn't walk upstairs for nearly six months because of the after-effects.
Oliver Reed got an ear infection and had to be hospitalized after participating in a sequence that was shot in the filthy waters of a river.
When approached by Michael Carreras to write a script for a pirate movie, Jimmy Sangster was cautioned by the producer that they couldn't afford a ship. The ship seen from long shot in the beginning was a stock shot.
Kerwin Mathews (Jonathon Standing) played the son of Andrew Keir (Jason Standing) in the film. However, in real life, Mathews was three months older than Keir. They were born on January 8, 1926 and April 3, 1926 respectively.
This movie was originally given an "X" certificate for its cinema release by U.K. censor John Trevelyan. "Hammer" then decided they wanted an "A" certificate, so it was trimmed of violence with heavy cuts to the killing of Maggie by piranhas. After reconsidering again, "Hammer" decided to settle for a "U" certificate, so further cuts were made which edited all of the piranha scenes, the blindfolded sword-fight, the attack on the farm, a shot of a hanged man's legs, and the overdubbing of words such as "harlot" and "adulterer".
"Jonathon Standing: [to the elders] I am not guilty. The cause of Maggie's death... was fear. Fear of her brutal husband. Yes, fear is your weapon, and it's a dangerous weapon because one day it will recoil on your heads."
"Hench, a pirate: [to Mack] I do not count my chickens before I see them, and then I wait until the eggs are hatched out."
