Cavalcade of America The Pirate's Choice (Season 1, Episode 18)
Not Rated
TV Episode | Drama

Cavalcade of America

The Pirate's Choice (Season 1, Episode 18)

Not Rated

TV Episode | Drama

Dramatizes the events which led to the decision of the pirate Jean Lafitte to join Andrew Jackson in the defense of New Orleans against the English forces in 1814.

Director

Wilhelm Thiele (as William Thiele)

Writers

Curtis Kenyon (teleplay) | David P. Sheppard (teleplay)

Producer

Jack Chertok

Cinematographer

Robert Pittack

Editors

John C. Fuller | Jack Ruggiero

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Edit Released

Updated May 27, 1953

Release date

May 27, 1953 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award.

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Morris Ankrum Gen. Stonewall Jackson Gen. Stonewall Jackson See fewer	In a Lonely Place (1950)
Sig Arno Actor Actor See fewer	The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Ben Astar Actor Actor See fewer	Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
William Bishop Jean LaFitte Jean LaFitte See fewer	Lorna Doone (1951)
Douglas Evans Actor Actor See fewer	The Twilight Zone (1959)
Jim Hayward Actor Actor See fewer	Alaska Seas (1954)
Gladys Hurlbut Actress Actress See fewer	Higher and Higher (1943)
Peter Mamakos Actor Actor See fewer	The Ten Commandments (1956)
Donna Martell Actress Actress See fewer	Project Moon Base (1953)
James Seay Actor Actor See fewer	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Mario Siletti Actor Actor See fewer	Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Philip Tonge English Captain English Captain See fewer	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Rhys Williams Actor Actor See fewer	How Green Was My Valley (1941)