When you think of fictional pirates in cinema, few names crop up more than Captain Hook and Jack Sparrow. But what if I told there's an even more famous mythical swashbuckler who's appeared in more than 10 major movie and TV adaptations since the 1940s?
Italian author Emilio Salgari first introduced the legendary Sandokan, aka the Tiger of Malaya, in a series of novels published in the late 1800s. Those stories have inspired several screen outings with the iconic character over the decades, including a cult 1976 television series of the eponymous hero that has since been remade by Italian production company, Lux Vide.
