Pirate of the Half Moon

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| name = Pirate of the Half Moon

| image = Pirate of the Half Moon.jpg

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| director = Giuseppe Maria Scotese

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| writer = {{ubl|Mario Amendola|Giuseppe Maria Scotese|Riccardo Pazzaglia}}

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| starring = John Derek

| music = Renzo Rossellini

| cinematography = Bitto Albertini

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| released = {{Film date|1957}}

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| country = Italy

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Il corsaro della mezzaluna, internationally released as Pirate of the Half Moon, is a 1957 Italian adventure film directed by Giuseppe Maria Scotese and starring John Derek.{{cite book |author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film |date=1991 |publisher=Gremese, 1991 |isbn=8876055487}}

Filmink called it "mediocre".{{cite magazine|date=5 November 2024|access-date=5 November 2024|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|title=The Cinema of John Derek, Movie Star|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/the-cinema-of-john-derek-movie-star/}}

==Plot ==

In sixteenth century Italy, a poet turns pirate after a traitor gains control of his homeland.