Swashbuckler (1976)

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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 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, All Movie Guide

Theatrical Feature Running Time:

102 mins

Complete Cast:

Director(s):

James Goldstone

Writer(s):

Jeffrey Bloom

Producer(s):

William S. Gilmore, Elliott Kastner, Jennings Lang

Theatrical MPAA Rating:

PG(Violence, Not For Children, Nudity)

Categories:

Action / Adventure, Comedy

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