The Black Swan (film)

The Black Swan (film)

Infobox Film
name = The Black Swan


image_size = 290px
caption = Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara in the trailer for "The Black Swan"
imdb_id = 0034522
writer = Raphael Sabatini (novel)
Seton I. Miller (adaption, screenplay)
Ben Hecht (screenplay)
starring = Tyrone Power
Maureen O'Hara
Laird Cregar
Thomas Mitchell
director = Henry King
producer = Robert Bassler
cinematography = Leon Shamroy
distributor =
released =
runtime = 85 min.
language = English
music =
awards =
budget =

The Black Swan is a 1942 swashbuckler film by Henry King, starring Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara.It was nominated for three Academy Awards, and won one for Best Cinematography, Color.

Plot

After England and Spain make peace, notorious pirate Henry Morgan (Laird Cregar) decides to reform. As a reward, he is made Governor of Jamaica, with a mandate to rid the Caribbean of his former comrades, by persuasion or force if necessary. He replaces the former governor, Lord Denby (George Zucco), but is not trusted by either the lawful residents or the pirates.

Captain Jamie Waring (Tyrone Power) and his lieutenant, Tom Blue (Thomas Mitchell), reluctantly give up their "trade" out of friendship with Morgan, but others of the Pirate Brotherhood, such as Captain Billy Leech (George Sanders) and Wogan (Anthony Quinn), refuse to change. Meanwhile, Waring takes a liking to Denby's daughter, Lady Margaret (Maureen O'Hara), who happens to be inconveniently engaged to an English gentleman. As it turns out, her fiancé is secretly providing information about ship sailings to the unrepentant pirates.

When Morgan is unable to stop the depredations of his old shipmates, he is suspected of still being allied with them. It is up to Waring to set sail to get to the bottom of things (kidnapping Lady Margaret in the process so she can get to know him better).

Gallery


Tyrone Power as "Jamie Waring"
Laird Cregar as "Sir Henry Morgan"
George Sanders as "Captain Billy Leech"
Thomas Mitchell as "Tom Blue"
Anthony Quinn as "Wogan"

DVD release

*The DVD version of the film contains commentary by star Maureen O'Hara with film critic Rudy Behlmer.

External links

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