Anjelica Huston, Avery Schreiber, Beau Bridges

Practically a nonstop brawl between pirates and anybody who gets in their path, this lighthearted, high-energy 1976 movie set in 18th century Jamaica is short on an actual story but thick with stunts ...( read more  read more... )and swordplay. Robert Shaw stars as the bawdy, swaggering pirate Red Nel Lynch, whose lusty crew of thieves comes to the aid of Lynch's right-hand man and close pal (James Earl Jones), then helps a beleaguered noblewoman (Genevieve Bujold) whose father and property have been seized by a local tyrant (Peter Boyle). Plot details are pretty much relegated to filling in the spaces between rollicking scenes of flying fists and gleaming blades, and a sort-of love story between Shaw and Bujold never gets the chance to go anywhere for all the orchestrated scuffling. Boyle's performance as a Basil Rathbone-style villain has got to be the least persuasive role of his career, but there are compensations, particularly Bujold's feisty turn as the heroine and a kooky scene in which Shaw and Jones amuse each other by trading dirty limericks. Directed by James Goldstone (Winning). The DVD release includes production notes, cast and filmmakers' bios, a theatrical trailer, and Web links. --Tom Keogh

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PG, 102 min.

Directed by: James Goldstone

Release Date: January 1, 1976

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DVD Release Date: January 5, 1999

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  • January 29, 2008
    Robert Shaw plays an Irish Pirate Red Ned Lynch who falls in love with Genevieve Bujold who wants to free her father from prison. she then makes a deal with the devil or is he, he is a pirate after all. Pure action, some funny scenes, great sword fights.
  • October 28, 2007
    Pirates - older 1970's style, but still great.
  • August 10, 2007
    Great action Pirate Movie
  • May 7, 2007
    This movie is terrible!!! But for whatever reason, I really enjoy it.
  • May 1, 2007
    Have it and love it...lots of adventure and action
  • March 20, 2007
    Ooooh .. really want to see this.
  • February 17, 2007
    Another Pirate movie. "Swashbuckler" is a another pirate action movie, but a good one. You get to see a younger and thinner James Earl Jones. James Earl Jones is good playing Nick Debrett. But Robert Shaw does a good job of being Red Ned Lynch. Peter Boyle and Beau Bridges in and...( read more) play the villians well. Avery Schreiber of "The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour" plays one of the pirates. "Swashbuckler" is a fun fill action movie. A fun movie to watch.
  • December 10, 2006
    didnt like this one.........
  • June 29, 2006
    Hilariously piratesque and risque.

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