Swashbuckler (film)

Swashbuckler is a romantic adventure film produced in the U.S. by Universal Studios and released in 1976. The film is based on the story The Scarlet Buccaneer, written by Paul Wheeler and adapted for the screen by Jeffery Bloom. It was directed by James Goldstone and was rated PG.

In Jamaica in 1718, a band of pirates led by Captain Red Ned Lynch oppose a greedy overlord, the evil Lord Durant. Durant has ruthlessly imprisoned his Lord High Justice and mercilessly evicted the judges wife and daughter. The daughter, Jane Barnet, attempts a rescue with Lynchs help.Pirate movies had gone out of fashion with major Hollywood studios since the 1950s, due in part to high cost. The success of The Three Musketeers 1973 showed there was still an appetite for swashbucklers, so original producer Eliot Kastner prepared a pirate script where most of the action took place on shore. ........

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