The Boy and the Pirates

by Lillie Hayward and Jerry Sackheim, directed by Bert I. Gordon

Release: 13 April 1960
Format: Feature Film
Genre: Fantasy
Audience: Children
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

Young Jimmy Warren asks a genie to send him from present-day Massachusetts to the time of Blackbeard, and the genie obliges! But now, in order to avoid becoming a genie himself, Jimmy must trick the pirate into returning to Massachusetts.

— Michael Main

This is a funny lookin’ bottle—yeah, neat. But I bet if I took it home, Pop would say, “It’s just another piece of junk.” Nobody let’s me do anything I want to. I wish I was far away from here; I wish I was on a pirate ship.

DEBUT

The Boy and the Pirates (at movie theaters, USA, 13 April 1960).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

DERIVATIVE WORKS

“The Boy and the Pirates” by Lee Dorfman and Tom Gill, in Dell Four Color 1117 (Dell, circa June 1960).

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Genies

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From a Massachusetts beach, circa 1960 ⋙ to Blackbeard’s ship, early 18th century. Multiple round trips. Note: a genie grants young Jimmy’s wish.