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Seas ablaze...with black villainy, with fiery romance, with breathless deeds of daring...in the roaring era of love, gold, and adventure!
When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his former partners in ridding the Caribbean of buccaneers. When one of them apparently abducts the previous governor's pretty daughter and joins up with the rebels, things are set for a fight.
CinemaSerf
Jun 26, 2022 · via TMDB
Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara are on good form for this 17th century pirate tale. When Sir Henry Morgan (Laird Cregar) is appointed Governor of Jamaica by the king, he is charged with bringing order to the lawless seas of the Caribbean. United with his friend "Capt. Jamie" (Power) he takes over from George Zucco's "Lord Denby", who just happens to have a rather feisty daughter "Margaret" (O'Hara). Pretty quickly the dashing "Jamie" is a bit smitten with her and the two develop a sort of can't stand to be with/without you sort of rapport! Meantime, sceptical fellow captain "Leech" (a slightly out of shape George Sanders) is having none of this new world order, and working in cahoots with a well placed spy is hoovering up the loot from some prize merchant ships. Facing impeachment in Kingston, it falls to Morgan and his loved-up sidekick to impose law and order. It's quite an enjoyable swashbuckling adventure, this. There are some good character parts for Zucco, Cregan and the always reliable Thomas Mitchell ("Billy Blue") with plenty of sword play and the romance between the two stars is entertaining rather than sentimental. Nobody's best work, but still a perfectly watchable 90 minutes of colourful and entertaining action on the high seas.
John Chard
Dec 21, 2019 · via TMDB
Clear the deck for action, Henry. Here comes the lass broadside! This is the story of the Spanish Main, when villainy wore a sash, and the only political creed in the world was, love, gold ........ and adventure! The Black Swan finds Tyrone Power at his swashbuckling best, here as James "Boy" Waring, a pirate starting to find his conscience as he starts to find love, Power is devilishly handsome and swaggers about with knowingly comic abandon. Though this Henry King directed picture reeks of being an illegitimate child to "Errol Flynn's" superior "Captain Blood", it has such a great sense of fun and high production values, it really doesn't matter one jot. The colour cinematography from Leon Shamroy rightly won an Academy Award, whilst the nominations for Alfred Newman's booming score and the one for the special effects team were very much deserved. The other thing to note is the fabulous costumes courtesy of Earl Luick, splendid attire, none more so than evidenced by Laird Cregar's joyous Henry Morgan. George Sanders and a ravishing Maureen O'Hara are in on the fun and really it's a film that to me is impossible not to enjoy, so avast yee lubbers and buckle up your swash. 7/10
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Tyrone Power
Jamie Waring
Maureen O'Hara
Lady Margaret Denby
Laird Cregar
Captain Henry Morgan
Thomas Mitchell
Tommy Blue
George Sanders
Captain Billy Leech
Anthony Quinn
Wogan
George Zucco
Lord Denby
Edward Ashley
Roger Ingram (uncredited)
Bonnie Bannon
Lady in Waiting in the Courtroom (uncredited)
Fortunio Bonanova
Don Miguel (uncredited)
Helene Costello
Woman (uncredited)
William Edmunds
Town Crier (uncredited)
Willie Fung
Chinese Cook (uncredited)
Jody Gilbert
Flossy Woman with Tommy (uncredited)
Arthur Gould-Porter
Assemblyman (uncredited)
Rondo Hatton
Sailor (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
Clerk Reading Proclamation (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin
Assemblyman (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
Pirate (uncredited)
Frank Leigh
Sea Captain (uncredited)
Frank McGrath
Pirate (uncredited)
Charles McNaughton
Mr. Fenner (uncredited)
Clarence Muse
Margaret's Servant (uncredited)
Constantine Romanoff
Pirate (uncredited)
C. Montague Shaw
Assemblyman (uncredited)
Arthur Shields
The Bishop (uncredited)
Frederick Worlock
Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Natalie Kalmus
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Frank McGrath
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Henry King
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Albert R. Broccoli
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Barbara McLean
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Darryl F. Zanuck
Executive Producer
Alfred Newman
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Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Hugo Friedhofer
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Seton I. Miller
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Rafael Sabatini
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