646f9e108c This biography follows the young John Paul from his youth in Scotland and the beginnings of his naval careera cabin boy to the captaincy of his own ship. In order to escape a protracted jail term and trial for accidentally killing a mutineer on his ship, Paul is forced to anglicize his name to Jones. He rises quickly in the fledgling American Navy during the early days of the Revolution, and his capture of a trove of British war supplies dooms British General Burgoyne at Saratoga and greatly aids Washington and the American cause. However, when the proud Jones is demoted while less competent and experienced officers are promoted to captaincies, the disgruntled Scotsman goes to Washington at Valley Forge to tender his resignation. There he undergoes a patriotic epiphany and withdraws his letter, and Washington promises him a ship… if he can get a crew to man it. Eventually, with Benjamin Franklin&#39;s help, he secures a ship from Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette which he calls the Bonhomme Richard and ultimately meets the vaunted British battleship of the line, the Searapis, in one of the great naval battles of all time. The swashbuckling adventures of the hero of the Revolutionary War. His contributions weren&#39;t always appreciated by the new U.S. government. After the way Congress show their displeasure by sending him to the Russia of Catherine the Great. Biopic about a notorious sea commandant , a 18th-century naval hero who became the prestigious leader of the American navy against the British Empire . This is tribute to the Revolutionary War naval hero filmed in big budget , spectacular scenes and great production design , though was pretty wooden and failed at box office . The career of Revolutionary War naval hero , John Paul Jones (Robert Stack) from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia (Bette Davis) . It deals with his beginnings of his naval careera cabin boy to the captaincy of his own ship . This came to an end, however, when John killed a member of his crew, a mutineer with a sword in a dispute , but because he would not be tried in an Admiral&#39;s Court, he felt compelled to flee to Fredericksburg, Province of Virginia, leaving his fortune behind . He went to Fredericksburg to arrange the affairs of his brother, who had died there without leaving any other family ; and about this time, in addition to his original surname, he assumed the surname of Jones . Later on , he greatly aids George Washington (John Crawford) and the American cause . With Benjamin Franklin&#39;s (Charles Coburn) help, he secures a ship from Louis XVI (Jean Pierre Aumont) and Marie Antoinette (Susana Canales) which he calls the Bonhomme Richard and ultimately meets the vaunted British battleship of the line, the Searapis, in one of the great naval battles of all time. <br/><br/>It&#39;s a passable historical drama story where the protagonist , Robert Stack , is acceptable . Stack striving mightily to be shipshapeJones . It is an epic and moving tale ,the starring fights enemies , taking on the risks of sea battles to survive in a world surrounded by powerful forces . The picture contains interesting drama , a love history , colorful spectacle , historical events and sea battles have some flare , being filmed in Denia , Alicante , Spain . This historic movie was realized with import help from Spanish government delivering logistics , props , soldiers and many other things . Being a Spanish/American co-production by Suevia Films-Cesareo Gonzalez along with Samuel Bronston Production in his first movie in Spain where he produced monumental flicks such¨El Cid¨ , ¨55 days in Pekin¨ , ¨King of Kings¨ , ¨Circus World¨ and ¨The fall of the Roman Empire¨ . Very good support cast suchMacdonald CareyPatrick Henry , Jean-Pierre AumontKing Louis XVI , David FarrarJohn Wilkes , Bruce CabotGunner , Thomas GomezHopkins , Peter CushingCapt. Richard Pearson and final film of Charles Coburn ; including cameo appearances from Bette DavisCatherina The Great, the Russian empress , Eric PohlmannGeorge III replaced George Sanders , and film debut of Mia Farrow , director&#39;s daughter and Maureen O&#39;Sullivan . Rousing musical score by master Max Steiner , this would be the last time Max Steiner would compose a film score for a film featuring Bette Davis , he had written several scores for movies starring Davis, and had been her favorite composer . The picture was professionally directed by veteran filmmaker John Farrow , though with no originality , being his final film . However , this sometimes tedious , empty and overlong epic sank without a trace . <br/><br/>The motion picture was correctly based on historic events , these are the following : John Paul Jones (July 6, 1747 – July 18, 1792) was a Scottish sailor and the United States&#39;s first well-known naval fighter in the American Revolution. Although he made enemies among America&#39;s political elites, his actions in British waters during the Revolution earned him an international reputation which persists to this day. As such he is sometimes referred tothe &quot;Father of the United States Navy&quot; . He later served in the Imperial Russian Navy. During his engagement with HMS Serapis, Jones uttered, according to the later recollection of his first lieutenant, the legendary reply to a taunt about surrender from the British captain: &quot;I have not yet begun to fight!&quot; First off, the review by theowinthrop is masterful–and so I don&#39;t have to go into great deal about all the ways that the film is historically inaccurate. Second, this film is enough to convince me that my uncle is correct–Robert Stack wasn&#39;t much of an actor or at least the writers writing his part were idiots! After all, almost every five minutes, his John Paul Jones is getting angry and flying off the handle–screaming and carrying on like he&#39;d missed more than a few doses of medication! As a result, although the film is interesting, it is almost comicalwell. As I watched this with my in-laws, we began laughing at all the times he blew his top–and we were shocked if a period longer than 5 minutes passed without his mood swinging like some sort of maniac! So if the film had a lot in accuracies, had a Captain with a severe mood disorder and was also too episodic, what DID I like about it? Well, the color cinematography was lovely and at least the film did not end with the American Revolution but at least mentioned his service for the Russianswellhis death in France. A woefully inadequate film about a fascinating man–it sure would be great if they did a REALISTIC biography of this complex man.
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