The Swordsman is a 1948 American swashbuckler film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Larry Parks, Ellen Drew and George Macready.

It was originally called Annie Laurie, then in November 1946, the title was changed to The Forge Man by which time Larry Parks was set to star and Joseph H Lewis was to direct.

[5] The New York Times called it "a plain old fashioned horse opera" noting many of the situations and dialogue could have come straight from a Western.

They were well received, the MacDonalds ignoring that the party was actually a punitive expedition sent for petty motives: their Chief, Alasdair Mac Iain, had been, due to bad weather and other reasons — some totally beyond his control — 6 days late to take an oath of allegiance to King William III but which had been, nevertheless, taken and accepted on 6 January.

In the movie, Captain Robert Glowan pays a friendly visit to the MacArdens with a similar intent — he has a small group with him but his brother Bruce waits in the valley with a larger troop.