Swashbuckler (1976)

PG07/29/1976Adventure, Action, Comedy1h 41m
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Overview

A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Robert Shaw

    Ned Lynch

  2. Cast 1

    James Earl Jones

    Nick Debrett

  3. Cast 1

    Peter Boyle

    Lord Durant

  4. Cast 1

    Geneviève Bujold

    Jane Barnet

  5. Cast 1

    Beau Bridges

    Major Folly

  6. Cast 1

    Geoffrey Holder

    Cudjo

  7. Cast 1

    Avery Schreiber

    Polonski

  8. Cast 1

    Anjelica Huston

    Woman of Dark Visage

  9. Cast 1

    Bernard Behrens

    Sir James Barnet

Peter Boyle steals the show here as the camp, but dastardly "Lord Durant" who starts off menacingly taking a bath (à la Cleopatra) and sets the tone for this daft, but fast moving adventure. Aristocrat "Debrett" (James Earl Jones) and pirate "Ned Lynch" (Robert Shaw) have had quite enough of this ruthless governor, so set out to get shot of him. What follows now are a fun series of escapades with the aptly named "Maj. Folly" (Beau Bridges) working to thwart their emancipating plan and Geneviève Bujold ("Jane") providing the glamour. It's a mess, this film. Shaw looks like he has read the Errol...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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