Eventually, the crew decides Dubois is no longer needed, but before he can be killed, the pirate ship is attacked and boarded by a mercenary Englishman, Lord Edgar Dobbs (Roger Moore).
The crew decides. This is eventually. Dubois is no longer needed. The pirate ship is attacked and boarded by a mercenary Englishman. He can be killed. Lord Edgar Dobbs (Roger Moore) is a mercenary Englishman.