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Dragonard
Film / 1987

Dragonard

DramaHistory

★ 4.3/10Audience rating

In 1747, a handsome but rebellious Scotsman named Richard Abdee is auctioned off as a slave on a Caribbean island controlled by French and British sugar-planters. When caught having sex with his owner's wife, Abdee is given 100 lashes with the dreaded "dragonard" whip. This sentence is meant to be fatal but Abdee survives and later joins in a slave revolt which puts an end to the island's era of savage whippings.

The story

In 1747, a handsome but rebellious Scotsman named Richard Abdee is auctioned off as a slave on a Caribbean island controlled by French and British sugar-planters. When caught having sex with his owner's wife, Abdee is given 100 lashes with the dreaded "dragonard" whip. This sentence is meant to be fatal but Abdee survives and later joins in a slave revolt which puts an end to the island's era of savage whippings.

Cast

Oliver ReedCaptain Shanks Eartha KittNaomi Patrick WarburtonRichard Abdee Annabel SchofieldHonore Juno Claudia UdyArabella Drummond MaraisPierre Juno Dennis FolbiggeGovernor Warburton Winston GamaManroot

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