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Overview

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Director:
Michael Curtiz
Writers:
Howard Koch (screenplay) and
Seton I. Miller (screenplay)
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Release Date:
1 July 1940 (USA) more
Tagline:
Dashing . . . romantic . . . Errol Flynn at his thrilling best! more
Plot:
Geoffrey Thorpe is an adventurous and dashing pirate, who feels that he should pirate the Spanish ships for the good of England... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. more
NewsDesk:
Gladiator Director Plans Captain Kidd Movie
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Errol Flynn ... Geoffrey Thorpe

Brenda Marshall ... Doña Maria

Claude Rains ... Don José Alvarez de Cordoba
Donald Crisp ... Sir John Burleson
Flora Robson ... Queen Elizabeth
Alan Hale ... Carl Pitt
Henry Daniell ... Lord Wolfingham
Una O'Connor ... Miss Latham
James Stephenson ... Abbott
Gilbert Roland ... Captain Lopez
William Lundigan ... Danny Logan
Julien Mitchell ... Oliver Scott
Montagu Love ... King Phillip II
J.M. Kerrigan ... Eli Matson
David Bruce ... Martin Burke
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Beggars of the Sea (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
109 min (re-release) | 127 min (original version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White | Black and White (Sepiatone) (some sequences)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Filming Locations:
Laguna Beach, California, USA

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Trivia:
This movie is a version of Seton I. Miller's story "Beggars of the Sea," and as such is radically different from the original "Sea Hawk" novel and movie. more
Goofs:
Boom mic visible: When what's left of Captain Thorpe and his men are coming back to their ship after being ambushed by the Spanish, you can see the shadow of a boom mic on the upper right portion of the ship on the screen. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
King Philip II: The riches of the New World are limitless, and the New World is ours - with our ships carrying the Spanish flag on seven seas, our armies sweeping over Africa, the Near East, and the Far West; invincible everywhere... but on our own doorstep. Only northern Europe holds out against us; why? Tell me, why?
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Strike for the Shores of Dover more

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13 out of 17 people found the following comment useful:-
Golden korn, 16 August 1999
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Author: Spleen from Canberra, Australia

It's Erich Wolfgang Korngold who carries "The Sea Hawk". He picks it up at the first frame with a rousing trumpet fanfare; he follows the story all the way from England to Panama, where a kind of syncopated not-jazz-exactly with saxophones makes its way into the score; he even bursts into song (well, not him personally) when Captain Thorpe's and his crew win through to freedom - and, after so much musical participation, that moment when the sailors become a chorus never strikes me as unnatural.

Korngold's brisk motion would count for nothing if the actors or the direction or the story were lethargic, of course - and they aren't. Errol Flynn plays an "I know I'm breaking international law, but hey, I'm charming and dashing and the Spaniards aren't" role - and hey, he IS charming and dashing, and the Spaniards aren't. A lot of films are described as roller-coaster rides. Many of them are just one thing after another, and don't feel at all like a single ride in a single vehicle. With "The Sea Hawk", I'm not sure about the vehicle, but we ARE taken on a single, swift ride. Few adventure films can beat it.

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