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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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5.0 out of 5 stars
"By now you know the purpose of the Sea Hawks... in our own way to serve England and the Queen",
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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 HaleDirected 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)
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One of the great swashbuckler films,
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This review is from: Sea Hawk (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.
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Fabulous High Seas Adventure,
By raleighnc (Hillsborough, NC United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sea Hawk (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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