Crossbones

Synopsis

It's 1715 on the Bahamian island of New Providence, the first functioning democracy in the Americas, where the diabolical pirate Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard, reigns over a rogue nation of thieves, outlaws and miscreant sailors. Part shantytown, part marauder's paradise, this is a place like no other on earth - and a mounting threat to international commerce. To gain control of this fearsome society, Tom Lowe, a highly skilled undercover assassin, is sent to the buccaneers' haven to take down the brilliant and charismatic Blackbeard. But the closer Lowe gets, the more he finds that his quest is not so simple. Lowe can't help but admire the political ideals of Blackbeard, whose thirst for knowledge knows no bounds - and no law. But Lowe is not the only danger to Blackbeard's rule. He is a man with many villainous rivals and one great weakness - a passionately driven woman whom he cannot deny.

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Top of the call sheet

• 
  John Malkovich
  as Blackbeard
• 
  Richard Coyle
  as Tom Lowe
• 
  Yasmine Al Massri
  as Selima El Sharad
• 
  David Hoflin
  as Charlie Rider
• 
  Claire Foy
  as Kate Balfour
• 
  Tracy Ifeachor
  as Nenna Ajanlekoko

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