Dragonard (1987)

On the island of St Josephs in the British West Indies during the 18th Century, slaves are flogged in public with a “dragonard ” (whip) by other black slaves.

Englishman Richard Abdee (Patrick Warburton, a 6’3” model from Patterson, New Jersey, who makes no attempt at a suitable accent) is also flogged and sold as a slave after he is accused of being a traitor.

He is bought by evil sugar plantation owner Pierre Juno (Drummond Marais).

Juno’s sister, Honore (Amabel Schofield, a Welsh model), is the captive lover of her creepy master brother.

She falls for Abdee, as does brothel owner Madame Naomi (Eartha Kitt), who has a hunchback dwarf servant and ultimately helps support a slave rebellion.

Oliver Reed stars as Captain Shanks (allegedly a Scotsman, although it sounds as if his research for the accent was limited to listening to old Billy Connolly records). Winston Gama is the bald servant Manroot.

Blonde Arabella (Claudia Udy), the blackmailing daughter of the Governor (Dennis Folbigge from Zulu), has a major sex scene dressed as Cleopatra at a masked ball/orgy at the whorehouse where pasty-faced men in wigs watch live sex shows starring muscular slaves.

What passes for a plot is silly beyond description, but it’s a good-looking movie with sex, nudity, voodoo, Wagner music, and whipping scenes (LOTS of long, severe, hard-to-watch whipping scenes).

The same cast (plus Herbert Lorn) returned in Master of Dragonard Hill.

Avi Lerner was the executive producer, and Cedric Sundstrom was the second unit director in South Africa.

Gérard Kikoïne directed dozens of French porn films and Edge of Sanity.

Captain Shanks
Oliver Reed
Madame Naomi
Eartha Kitt
Honore Juno
Annabel Schofield
Arabella
Claudia Udy
Richard Abdee
Patrick Warburton
Pierre Juno
Drummond Marais
Governor Warburton
Dennis Folbigge
Manroot
Winston Gama
Calabra
Martin Dewee
Louis
Charles Comyn
Vincennes
Iain Winter
Granger
Ralph Draper
Isaac
David Phetoe
Callie
Seipati
Clover
Julia Maepa
Danielle
Milu Chiloquette
Sara
Merle Moloi
Missy
Thelma Sithole
Ling 
Michelle Clarke
Lang
Jenifer Oltman
Jimmy
Qqamane
Nero
Sipho Madonda
Anton 
Ernest Ndlovu
Carlton
Corney Mabaso
Manalee 
Steven Moloi
Edmund
Rhoo Hlatshwayo
Delmore
Bentley Nkomonde
Agar
Daniel Mbusi
Delmore
Polite Dlamini
Sugarloaf
Juliet Mazamisa

Director
Gérard Kikoïne