Swashbucklers

“Have you ever tried to fight a legend?”

Ah, swords and witty quips, beautiful women in distress and brave men in tights.  Villains with goatees and heroes who, well, they sometimes have goatees too.  If there is a type of film more fun than a Swashbuckler, I haven’t seen it.

Swashbuckler Film Reviews:

• Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
• Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951)
• Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
• The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
• Against All Flags (1952)
• Bagdad (1949)
• The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946)
• The Black Swan (1942)
• Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)
• Buccaneer’s Girl (1950)
• Captain Blood (1935)
• A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967)
• The Corsican Brothers (1941)
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
• Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
• The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
• Fanfan la Tulipe (1952)
• Fire Over England (1937)
• Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
• Frenchman’s Creek (1944)
• The King’s Thief (1955)
• The Legend of Zorro (2005)
• The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
• The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
• The Mark of Zorro (1940)
• The Mark of Zorro (1974)
• Mask of the Avenger (1951)
• The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
• On Guard (1997)
• The Pirate Movie (1960)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
• The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
• The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
• The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
• The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
• The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
• The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
• Robin Hood (1991)
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
• Robin and Marian (1976)
• Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)
• Scaramouche (1952)
• The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
• The Sea Hawk (1940)
• The Secret of Monte Cristo (1961)
• The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)
• The Spanish Main (1945)
• Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
• The Three Musketeers (1948)

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Swashbuckler Films Sorted by Year:

• The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
• The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
• Captain Blood (1935)
• Fire Over England (1937)
• The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
• The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
• The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
• The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
• The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
• The Mark of Zorro (1940)
• The Sea Hawk (1940)
• The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)
• The Corsican Brothers (1941)
• The Black Swan (1942)
• Frenchman’s Creek (1944)
• The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
• The Spanish Main (1945)
• The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946)
• Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
• The Three Musketeers (1948)
• Bagdad (1949)
• The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
• Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
• Buccaneer’s Girl (1950)
• Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
• Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)
• Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951)
• Mask of the Avenger (1951)
• Against All Flags (1952)
• Fanfan la Tulipe (1952)
• Scaramouche (1952)
• Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
• Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)
• The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
• The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
• The King’s Thief (1955)
• The Pirate Movie (1960)
• Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
• The Secret of Monte Cristo (1961)
• A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967)
• The Mark of Zorro (1974)
• Robin and Marian (1976)
• The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
• Robin Hood (1991)
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
• On Guard (1997)
• The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
• The Legend of Zorro (2005)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)

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Additionally, I have critiques of the ten most significant Swashbucklers (well, I have critiques of eight of the ten):

The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) Captain Blood (1935) The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

The Mark of Zorro (1940) The Sea Hawk (1940) Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) Scaramouche (1952)