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A High Wind in Jamaica

Piracy and High Adventure on the High Seas!

Rating 6.3 / 10Release May 1, 1965Runtime 103 min

In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is taken over by pirates, who become fond of the kids.

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