Errol Flynn

Brenda Marshall

Claude Rains

Donald Crisp

Flora Robson

Alan Hale

Henry Daniell

Una O'Connor

James Stephenson

Gilbert Roland

William Lundigan

Montagu Love

Julien Mitchell

David Bruce

Clifford Brooke

Clyde Cook

Fritz Leiber

Ellis Irving

Francis McDonald

Pedro de Cordoba

Ian Keith

Jack La Rue

Halliwell Hobbes

Alec Craig

Victor Varconi

Robert Warwick

Harry Cording

Herbert Anderson

Mary Anderson

Whit Bissell

Edgar Buchanan

J.W. Cody

Maurice Costello

Michael Harvey

Leyland Hodgson

Stuart Holmes

Charles Irwin

Dave Kashner

Colin Kenny

Crauford Kent

Frank Lackteen

Lester Matthews

Art Miles

Gerald Mohr

Leonard Mudie

Nestor Paiva

Jack Richardson

Elizabeth Sifton

Jay Silverheels

John Sutton

David Thursby

Anthony Warde

Leo White

Frank Wilcox

Frederick Worlock

Harry Worth

J.M. Kerrigan

Jim Corey

Ray Dixon

Michael Curtiz

Seton I. Miller

Howard W. Koch

George Amy

Francis J. Scheid

Jean Negulesco

Nathan Levinson

Perc Westmore

Hans F. Koenekamp

Byron Haskin

Buster Wiles

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Orry-Kelly

Sol Polito

Anton Grot

Hal B. Wallis

Henry Blanke

Rafael Sabatini

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The Sea Hawk

Warner Bros. Pictures

United States of America

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First things first. This has virtually nothing at all to do with the 1924 Frank Lloyd version nor, indeed, does it have very much to do with the original Rafael Sabatini novel either - but it is still probably my favourite Errol Flynn film. The story is (very) loosely based on the courageous activities of the privateers who raided the Spanish treasure ships during the reign of Elizabeth I of England (rather convincingly portrayed here by Flora Robson). Flynn seizes an ambassadorial galleon on which are travelling Claude Rains and Brenda Marshall, and a tale of espionage, secrecy, love and skullduggery ensues for an exciting couple of hours. Korngold always had the skill to add something special with his score to these seafaring adventure films - and he does in abundance here too (though perhaps not the songs with the shockingly terrible rhymes!?). Henry Daniell is also worthy of mention as the duplicitous "Lord Wolfingham" and Michael Curtiz is at his action-packed best as he offers us loads of swash, buckle and a thoroughly enjoyable piece of cinema that you ought to see on the big screen if you get a chance.


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The Sea Hawk (1940) ORIGINAL TRAILER