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Five years after Captain Blood made him a swashbuckling star, Errol Flynn returned to the high seas as privateer Captain Thorpe in The Sea Hawk. Flynn plays the dashing gentleman pirate as dedicated patriot, looting Spanish ships for English coffers with the private blessing of Queen Elizabeth (Flora Robson, reprising the role from Fire over England). The film opens with a rousing sea battle: broadside cannon fire sends masts falling and splinters a-flying before Flynn's men take their Spanish quarry in a furious shipboard cutlass battle. The fearless fighter becomes a stumbling schoolboy when he falls for the Spanish ambassador's niece, but he's back in his element when he sails to the New World for treasure and lands in the middle of a deadly conspiracy. Big-eyed beauty Brenda Marshall stands in for Flynn's usual love interest Olivia de Havilland, and the film misses the latter's sass and spirit, but it's a minor shortcoming. Claude Rains plays his usual smoothly conniving villain, and hearty Alan Hale returns as Flynn's loyal sidekick. Michael Curtiz proves once again why he was Warner Brothers' top director with a handsome, action-packed film that mixes intrigue and suspense with grand set pieces, concluding with a rousing series of escapes, chases, and a runaway sword fight. Classic Hollywood swashbuckling at its best. --Sean Axmaker
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"By now you know the purpose of the Sea Hawks... in our own way to serve England and the Queen"
Feb 13 2011
By J. Lovins
TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
Warner Bros. Pictures presents "THE SEA HAWK" (1940) (127 min/B&W) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) -- Starring Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp & Alan Hale
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Geoffrey Thorpe is an adventurous and dashing pirate, who feels that he should pirate the Spanish ships for the good of England. In one such battle, he overtakes a Spanish ship and when he comes aboard he finds Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal. He is overwhelmed by her beauty, but she will have nothing to do with him because of his pirating ways. When the ship reaches England, Queen Elizabeth sends Thorpe on a mission and in the process, he becomes a prisoner of the Spaniards. Thorpe escapes and returns to England to uncover some deadly secrets. Exciting duels follow as Thorpe must expose the evil and win Dona Maria's heart.
A very entertaining swashbuckler with a wonderful score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Oscar Nominated for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White, Best Effects, Special Effects, Best Sound, Recording & Best Music, Score
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
BIOS:
1. Michael Curtiz [aka: Manó Kertész Kaminer] [Director]
Date of Birth: 24 December 1886 - Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)
Date of Death: 10 April 1962 - Hollywood, California
2. Errol Flynn [aka: Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn]
Date of Birth: 20 June 1909, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Date of Death: 14 October 1959, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Mr. Jim's Ratings:
Quality of Picture & Sound: 5 Stars
Performance: 5 Stars
Story & Screenplay: 5 Stars
Overall: 5 Stars [Original Music, Cinematography & Film Editing]
Total Time: 127 min on DVD ~ Warner Bros. Pictures ~ (04/19/2005)
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Geoffrey Thorpe is an adventurous and dashing pirate, who feels that he should pirate the Spanish ships for the good of England. In one such battle, he overtakes a Spanish ship and when he comes aboard he finds Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal. He is overwhelmed by her beauty, but she will have nothing to do with him because of his pirating ways. When the ship reaches England, Queen Elizabeth sends Thorpe on a mission and in the process, he becomes a prisoner of the Spaniards. Thorpe escapes and returns to England to uncover some deadly secrets. Exciting duels follow as Thorpe must expose the evil and win Dona Maria's heart.
A very entertaining swashbuckler with a wonderful score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Oscar Nominated for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White, Best Effects, Special Effects, Best Sound, Recording & Best Music, Score
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
BIOS:
1. Michael Curtiz [aka: Manó Kertész Kaminer] [Director]
Date of Birth: 24 December 1886 - Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)
Date of Death: 10 April 1962 - Hollywood, California
2. Errol Flynn [aka: Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn]
Date of Birth: 20 June 1909, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Date of Death: 14 October 1959, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Mr. Jim's Ratings:
Quality of Picture & Sound: 5 Stars
Performance: 5 Stars
Story & Screenplay: 5 Stars
Overall: 5 Stars [Original Music, Cinematography & Film Editing]
Total Time: 127 min on DVD ~ Warner Bros. Pictures ~ (04/19/2005)
Format:VHS Tape
A REVIEW BY NICK EVANGELISTA:
The Sea Hawk is one of the great swashbuckler films of all time. Errol Fylnn was in top form for the movie. The fencing is a joy to watch. As the author of The Encyclopdia of the Sword and The Art and Science of Fencing, and the publisher of Fencers Quarterly Magazine, I recommend it highly.
The Sea Hawk is one of the great swashbuckler films of all time. Errol Fylnn was in top form for the movie. The fencing is a joy to watch. As the author of The Encyclopdia of the Sword and The Art and Science of Fencing, and the publisher of Fencers Quarterly Magazine, I recommend it highly.
By raleighnc
Format:VHS Tape
This movie deserves 5 stars and so I had to vote. Great adventure, message, and appropriate for children. The action and story is awesome.
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A Wonderful Classic
This is a great Errol Flynn classic. His performance is excellent. The music by Korngold is some of the best ever written for a movie! Read more
Published on July 21 2003
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Sea Hawk
This is a great movie.. I gave this as a DVD gift and the results of the film was POOR!!!... Picture was blurry and sound was awful.. Read more
Published on Jun 22 2003 by Anthony skoien
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Right up there with the top 10!
This movie has to be seen to be believed. It's an absolutely fabulous film. Director Michael Curtiz is, in my opinion, one of the great storytellers of all time. Read more
Published on July 21 2002 by Hudson Valley thinker
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Errol Flynn is the best action star ever!
Errol Flynn was and is one the best action stars ever. His performance in this movie in question, i.e., The Sea Hawk
VHS ~ Errol Flynn is a testament to his greatness. Read more
VHS ~ Errol Flynn is a testament to his greatness. Read more
Published on July 8 2002
4.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable for Flynn fans
Errol Flynn had a starmaking role in Captain Blood, based on a novel by Rafael Sabatini. So it's not at all supriseing that Warner Bros. Read more
Published on May 11 2002 by Gwenley
5.0 out of 5 stars
FLYNN IN HIS ELEMENT
An English privateer learns the Spanish are going to invade England with their Armada....Even without the benefit of Olivia de Havilland and Technicolor, this is a prime Errol... Read more
Published on April 6 2002 by "scotsladdie"
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brenda's beautiful, but no Olivia
Top-drawer swashbuckler starring Errol Flynn as Geoffrey Thorpe, an English sea captain doing private duty as pirate at the behest of Queen Elizabeth, with many an adventure and... Read more
Published on Oct 20 2001 by LazyLegs
5.0 out of 5 stars
A marvelous film! !
The Sea Hawk is one of those films that you can watch again and again. It's a story of adventure on the high seas and romance. Read more
Published on July 23 2001 by Rosella Ann Myles
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Romantic Adventure
This is the sort of romantic adventure that Hollywood doesn't make much anymore--the sort of movie that has been superseded, lamentably, by the speical effects-laden action movies... Read more
Published on April 28 2000 by Mark Wylie
4.0 out of 5 stars
Flynn To The Rescue Again
The Sea Hawk is a more seriously toned swashbuckling tale than one would expect from Errol Flynn. However, since the film was released at the time when World War II was underway... Read more
Published on Mar 19 2000 by James L.
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