The Pirate (1978 film)

{{short description|1978 television film directed by Ken Annakin}}

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| genre = Drama

| creator =

| based_on = {{Based on|The Pirate|Harold Robbins}}

| writer = Julius J. Epstein

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| director = Ken Annakin

| starring = Franco Nero

| theme_music_composer = Bill Conti

| country = United States

| language = English

| executive_producer = Paul Picard

| producer = Howard W. Koch

| location = The Mission Inn, Riverside, California
Stage 5, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California
Tropico Gold Mine, Rosamond, California

| cinematography = Roland 'Ozzie' Smith

| editor = Howard Epstein
Russell Livingstone

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| runtime = 240 min.

| company = Howard W. Koch Productions
Warner Bros. Television

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| network = ABC

| first_aired = {{Start date|1978|11|21}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1978|11|22}}

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The Pirate is a 1978 American two-part, four-hour television miniseries directed by Ken Annakin. It is based on the 1974 novel with the same title written by Harold Robbins.{{cite news|last=Howard Pearson|title=Franco Nero In Pirate Mini-series|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gSVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-X8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5236,5620322&dq=the-pirate+franco-nero&hl=en|accessdate=30 July 2012|newspaper=Deseret News|date=September 21, 1978}}{{Cite news |last=Mann |first=Roderick |date=1978-08-10 |title=Confessions of a Blue-Eyed Arab |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-confessions-of-a-b/170349954/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |work=The Los Angeles Times |page=73 |via=Newspapers.com}} It was broadcast in two parts by CBS on November 21–22, 1978.{{cite news|title=Oil Fortune Handled By The Pirate'|newspaper=Schenectady Gazette|date=November 17, 1978}}{{cite news|last=Arthur Unger|title=Stand by to repel boarders: TV's 'Pirate' comes alongside|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/185336502.html?dids=185336502:185336502&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Nov+17%2C+1978&author=By+Arthur+Unger&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=Stand+by+to+repel+boarders%3A+TV%27s+%27Pirate%27+comes+alongside&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131165255/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/185336502.html?dids=185336502:185336502&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Nov+17,+1978&author=By+Arthur+Unger&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=Stand+by+to+repel+boarders:+TV's+'Pirate'+comes+alongside&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|accessdate=30 July 2012|newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor|date=November 17, 1978}}