The Swordsman
On Guard!
1948 | 80m | English
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Joseph H. Lewis |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Wilfred H. Petitt |
| Staring: |
| Young lovers brings two fighting clans together. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 02, 1948 |
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| Director: | Joseph H. Lewis |
| Writer: | Wilfred H. Petitt |
| Genres: | Adventure |
| Keywords | swashbuckler, clans |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 31, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Larry Parks | Alexander MacArden |
| Ellen Drew | Barbara Glowan |
| George Macready | Robert Glowan |
| Edgar Buchanan | Angus MacArden |
| Ray Collins | MacCoppin |
| Marc Platt | Murdoch Glowan |
| Michael Duane | Colin Glowan |
| Holmes Herbert | Lord Glowan |
| Nedrick Young | Bruce Glowan |
| Robert Shayne | Ronald MacArden |
| Billy Bevan | Old Andrew |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Joseph H. Lewis | Director |
| Hugo Friedhofer | Music |
| Paul Baxley | Stunts |
| Polly Burson | Stunts |
| Wilfred H. Petitt | Writer |
| Al Clark | Editor |
| William E. Snyder | Director of Photography |
| Stephen Goosson | Art Direction |
| A. Leslie Thomas | Art Direction |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Burt Kelly | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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Ok, so I’m a Scot so can say with some certainty that we don’t have don’t have mountains quite that high nor do we speak with any of the accents on display here, but if you overlook those minor ailments, this is quite a reasonable adventure yarn that sees two fictitious clans come to terms, after ge ... nerations, with an ancient grudge. Now on this latter point, the writer might well have struck a chord, as grudges we can definitely do. This one sees the “MacArden” (Larry Parks) fall in love with the “Glowan” (Ellen Drew). After a chance meeting, he travels to their castle and wins their equivalent of the golden arrow, but he is recognised by her warmongering brother (George Macready) who determines to ensure that peace can never break out - even if he has to turn on members of his own family to frame his age-old enemy and stoke the auld fires of loathing. Luckily, “Barbara” has faith in her new young love and so tries to help him survive and get to the truth - but with such a capable and scheming enemy, and two stuck in the mud clan chiefs, what chance have they of prevailing? Were it not for the tartan and the Celtic musical themes this could just as easily be a remake of Macready’s other adventure from 1948 “The Black Arrow”, but I like this genre and there’s enough going on here to keep the romance at bay and for the horses to get a-galloping. Not great, but good fun.