Last of the Buccaneers is a 1950 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Lew Landers and starring Paul Henreid as Jean Lafitte.
Swashbuckler about the adventures of pirate Jean Lafitte after he helped save New Orleans from a British invasion during the War of 1812.
Henreid's career had suffered since the Red Scare of the late 1940s, which saw him unofficially blacklisted from the major Hollywood studios.
He had been making films in New York and France when offered the lead role in Last of the Buccaneers by producer Sam Katzman.
[5] According to Henreid, the film was "a huge success and my percentage brought in an enormous amount of money.