Dominatore dei sette mari, Il (1962)

Directors:

Rudolph Maté
Primo Zeglio

Writer:

Filippo Sanjust (writer)

Release Date:

March 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Tagline:

Hell and Heroism On The High Seas!

Plot:

Sir Francis Drake (Rod Taylor) goes on an expedition to the New World and steals gold from the Spaniards...

Plot Keywords:

Queen | Queen Elizabeth I

Cast

Rod Taylor	...	Sir Francis Drake
Keith Michell	...	Malcolm Marsh
Edy Vessel	...	Arabella Ducleau
Terence Hill	...	Babington (as Mario Girotti)
Basil Dignam	...	Sir Francis Walsingham
Anthony Dawson	...	Lord Burleigh
Gianni Cajafa	...	Tom Moon
Irene Worth	...	Queen Elizabeth I
Arturo Dominici	...	Don Bernardino de Mendoza, the Spanish Ambassador
Marco Guglielmi	...	Fletcher
Esmeralda Ruspoli	...	Mary of Scotland
Rossella D'Aquino	...	Potato
Umberto Raho	...	King Philip of Spain
Aldo Bufi Landi	...	Vigeois

Also Known As:

Pirata dei sette mari, Il (Italy) (working title)
Re dei sette mari, I (Italy) (alternative title)
Seven Seas to Calais (USA)
Sir Francis Drake, il re dei sette mari (Italy) (working title)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (certificate number not listed) | Norway:12 | Finland:K-12

Company:

Adelphia Compagnia Cinematografica

Movie Connections:

References The Sea Hawk (1940)

So bad it is almost good!

This film ranks (no pun intended) with the worst excesses of the Italian made spectaculars. A blonde leading lady who cannot act to save her life, handsome hunks, glorious costumes and scenery and at least 2,000 extras in every scene. The story hopskotches around with no continuity and nothing to tie scenes together, as if a reel or two had been lost. One minute they are frolicking with American Indians in a Disney style village, next minute they are at the court of Good Queen Bess. History takes a time warp.

To be fair, it still has a long way to go before it ranks with "The Norseman" but it tries. Most amusing is the way the love interest, Arabella, constantly turns her face away from the hero and toward the camera during the romantic scenes, as if the handsome hero had bad breath. What a waste of two good Australian actors, Keith Michell and Rod Taylor.