Swashbuckler (1976)
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45% of users liked it
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A latter-day attempt to update the swordplay success of Errol Flynn movies, this film is part burlesque, part homage to old-fashioned pirate films. James Earl Jones and Robert Shaw play Nick Debrett and Ned Lynch, two pirates who save a noblewoman, Jane Barnet (Geneviève Bujold), and take her to… More A latter-day attempt to update the swordplay success of Errol Flynn movies, this film is part burlesque, part homage to old-fashioned pirate films. James Earl Jones and Robert Shaw play Nick Debrett and Ned Lynch, two pirates who save a noblewoman, Jane Barnet (Geneviève Bujold), and take her to Jamaica. They find that their friends have been taken captive by a ruthless dictator -- Peter Boyle plays the foppish villain Lord Durant with an over-the-top swagger. Debrett and Lynch set out to rescue their friends and overthrow the perverted tyrant. Beau Bridges plays Major Folly, a fancy-dressing Scarlet Pimpernel sort. A young Anjelica Huston has a minor part as a nameless woman. There is plenty of swordplay, blood, slapstick, and cleavage, all directed by James Goldstone in a frenzied fashion. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
- Directed By
- James Goldstone
- Written By
- Jeffrey Bloom
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1976 Wide
- Studio
- MCA Universal Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Richard T. Jameson, Parallax View
... just a dumb film boasting broadly bad performances by a good cast, some pleasant scenery, the pleasure of watching a real ship tossing on a real ocean ...
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Cast
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Robert Shaw
as Ned Lynch
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James Earl Jones
as Nick Debrett
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Peter Boyle
as Lord Durant
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Geneviève Bujold
as Jane Barnet
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Beau Bridges
as Maj. Folly
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Anjelica Huston
as Woman of Dark Visage
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Geoffrey Holder
as Cudjo
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Avery Schreiber
as Polonski
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Tom Clancy
as Moonbeam
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Bernard Behrens
as Sir James Barnet
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Dorothy Tristan
as Alice
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Mark Baker
as Lute Player
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Kip Niven
as Willard
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Harry Basch
as Banana Man
- Kabir Bedi
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Jon Cedar
as Pirate Gun Captain
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Diana Chesney
as Landlady
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Sid Haig
as Bald Pirate
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Louisa Horton
as Lady Barnet
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Tom Lacy
as Chaplain
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Robert Ruth
as Bearded Pirate
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Alfie Wise
as Sailor
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Tom Fitzsimmons
as Corporal
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Manuel DePina
as Barnet Servant
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Robert Morgan
as Peglegged Pirate
