Swashbuckler is a 1976 American romantic adventure film. The film is based on the story "The Scarlet Buccaneer", written by Paul Wheeler and adapted for the screen by Jeffrey Bloom. It was directed by James Goldstone and … See more

• Robert Shaw as Captain "Red" Ned Lynch
• James Earl Jones as Nick Debrett
• Peter Boyle as Lord Durant
• Geneviève Bujold as Jane Barnet… See more

Pirate films had gone out of fashion with major Hollywood studios since the 1950s, due in part to their high cost. The success of The Three Musketeers (1973) showed that there was still an appetite for swashbucklers, so origina… See more

The working title for the film was Swashbuckler, which was changed during production to The Blarney Cock. "We want to avoid the movie being considered a kid's picture", said Lang. "We wanted a title that is arresting … See more

The film fared poorly at the box office and was described as an "expensive flop". In Leonard Maltin's annual publication of movie ratings, the film is rated as a "BOMB". See more