Adventure ·Romance · United States of America · 1942 · 1h 27m

The Black Swan

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Director
Henry King
Cast
Tyrone Power as Jamie Waring Maureen O'Hara as Lady Margaret Denby Laird Cregar as Captain Henry Morgan Thomas Mitchell as Tommy Blue George Sanders as Captain Billy Leech Anthony Quinn as Wogan
Crew
Leon Shamroy — Director of Photography Barbara McLean — Editor Hugo Friedhofer — Original Music Composer David Buttolph — Original Music Composer Alfred Newman — Original Music Composer Seton I. Miller — Screenplay
Tagline

Seas ablaze...with black villainy, with fiery romance, with breathless deeds of daring...in the roaring era of love, gold, and adventure!

Synopsis

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.

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Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookhorseback ridingkidnappingvenezuelajamaicaromantic rivalrytreasondeceptionsword fightpiratebound and gaggedtied up
Key Collaborators
Henry King Director Leon Shamroy Director of Photography Barbara McLean Editor Hugo Friedhofer Original Music Composer David Buttolph Original Music Composer Alfred Newman Original Music Composer Seton I. Miller Screenplay Ben Hecht Screenplay Rafael Sabatini Novel Robert Bassler Producer Earl Luick Costume Design
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