The Black Swan poster

The Black Swan( 1942)

TV-MAAdventureRomance
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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!

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Tyrone Power

      Jamie Waring

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      Maureen O'Hara

      Lady Margaret Denby

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      Laird Cregar

      Captain Henry Morgan

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      Thomas Mitchell

      Tommy Blue

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      George Sanders

      Captain Billy Leech

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      Anthony Quinn

      Wogan

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      George Zucco

      Lord Denby

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      Edward Ashley

      Roger Ingram (uncredited)

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      Bonnie Bannon

      Lady in Waiting in the Courtroom (uncredited)

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      Fortunio Bonanova

      Don Miguel (uncredited)

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      John Burton

      Captain Blaine (uncredited)

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      Rita Christiani

      Dancer (uncredited)

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      Helene Costello

      Woman (uncredited)

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      Bryn Davis

      Woman (uncredited)

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      William Edmunds

      Town Crier (uncredited)

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      Willie Fung

      Chinese Cook (uncredited)

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      Jody Gilbert

      Flossy Woman with Tommy (uncredited)

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      Arthur Gould-Porter

      Assemblyman (uncredited)

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      Rondo Hatton

      Sailor (uncredited)

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      Keith Hitchcock

      Majordomo (uncredited)

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      Olaf Hytten

      Clerk Reading Proclamation (uncredited)

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      Boyd Irwin

      Assemblyman (uncredited)

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      Charles Irwin

      Sea Captain (uncredited)

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      Jack Kenny

      Pirate (uncredited)

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      George Kirby

      Assemblyman (uncredited)

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      Frank Leigh

      Sea Captain (uncredited)

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      Jack Low

      Pirate (uncredited)

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      Frank McGrath

      Pirate (uncredited)

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      Cyril McLaglen

      Captain Jones (uncredited)

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      Charles McNaughton

      Mr. Fenner (uncredited)

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      Clarence Muse

      Margaret's Servant (uncredited)

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      Stuart Robertson

      Captain Graham (uncredited)

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      Constantine Romanoff

      Pirate (uncredited)

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      C. Montague Shaw

      Assemblyman (uncredited)

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      Arthur Shields

      The Bishop (uncredited)

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      David Thursby

      Sea Captain (uncredited)

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      Frederick Worlock

      Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 2Discussion

    A review by John Chard

    8
    Written by John Chard on Sat Dec 21 2019
    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 sens...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    1493800.00

    Revenue

    5727000.00

    Keywords

    • based on novel or book
    • horseback riding
    • kidnapping
    • venezuela
    • jamaica
    • romantic rivalry
    • treason
    • deception
    • sword fight
    • pirate
    • bound and gagged
    • tied up
    • treachery
    • swashbuckler
    • eye patch
    • retribution
    • british colonial
    • fainting
    • caribbean sea
    • buccaneer
    • technicolor
    • sea battle
    • british colonialism
    • sea captain
    • damsel in distress
    • 17th century
    • caribbean