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Howard Koch (screenplay) and
Seton I. Miller (screenplay)
1 July 1940 (USA) more
Dashing . . . romantic . . . Errol Flynn at his thrilling best! more
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
Nominated for 4 Oscars. more
A Career-Spanning Conversation with Joe Dante
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Great Entertainment From Flynn & Co. more (49 total)
| Errol Flynn | ... | Captain Geoffrey Thorpe | |
| Brenda Marshall | ... | Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba | |
| Claude Rains | ... | Don José Alvarez de Cordoba | |
| Donald Crisp | ... | Admiral Sir John Burleson | |
| Flora Robson | ... | Queen Elizabeth | |
| Alan Hale | ... | Carl Pitt | |
| Henry Daniell | ... | Lord Wolfingham | |
| Una O'Connor | ... | Miss Marthe 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 | |
| Clifford Brooke | ... | William Tuttle | |
| Clyde Cook | ... | Walter Boggs | |
| Fritz Leiber | ... | Inquisitor | |
| Ellis Irving | ... | Monty Preston | |
| Francis McDonald | ... | Samuel Kroner | |
| Pedro de Cordoba | ... | Captain Mendoza | |
| Ian Keith | ... | Peralta | |
| Jack La Rue | ... | Lieutenant Ortega (as Jack LaRue) | |
| Halliwell Hobbes | ... | Astronomer | |
| Alec Craig | ... | Judocus Hondins - The chartmaker | |
| Victor Varconi | ... | General Aguirre | |
| Robert Warwick | ... | Captain Frobisher | |
| Harry Cording | ... | Slavemaster | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Herbert Anderson | ... | Eph Winters (uncredited) | |
| Mary Anderson | ... | Maid of Honor (uncredited) | |
| Whit Bissell | ... | Gate guard at Palace entrance (uncredited) | |
| Edgar Buchanan | ... | Ben Rollins (uncredited) | |
| J.W. Cody | ... | Whipper (uncredited) | |
| Maurice Costello | ... | Man Carrying Spear (uncredited) | |
| Michael Harvey | ... | Sea Hawk (uncredited) | |
| Leyland Hodgson | ... | Officer (uncredited) | |
| Charles Irwin | ... | Arnold Cross (uncredited) | |
| Dave Kashner | ... | Whipper (uncredited) | |
| Colin Kenny | ... | Officer (uncredited) | |
| Crauford Kent | ... | Lieutenant (uncredited) | |
| Frank Lackteen | ... | Captain Ortiz (uncredited) | |
| Lester Matthews | ... | Guard Officer (uncredited) | |
| Art Miles | ... | Drum beater (uncredited) | |
| Gerald Mohr | ... | Spanish Messenger (uncredited) | |
| Leonard Mudie | ... | Castle Sentry (uncredited) | |
| Nestor Paiva | ... | Slavemaster (uncredited) | |
| Elizabeth Sifton | ... | Maid of Honor (uncredited) | |
| Harry Silversmith | ... | Native (uncredited) | |
| John Sutton | ... | Captain of the Guard (uncredited) | |
| David Thursby | ... | Driver (uncredited) | |
| Anthony Warde | ... | Whipper (uncredited) | |
| Frank Wilcox | ... | Martin Barrett (uncredited) | |
| Frederick Worlock | ... | Darnell (uncredited) | |
| Harry Worth | ... | Spanish Officer (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Michael Curtiz | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Howard Koch | (screenplay) and | |
| Seton I. Miller | (screenplay) | |
Produced by | |||
| Henry Blanke | .... | associate producer | |
| Hal B. Wallis | .... | executive producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Erich Wolfgang Korngold | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Sol Polito | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| George Amy | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Anton Grot | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Orry-Kelly | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Perc Westmore | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Jack L. Warner | .... | in charge of production | |
| Frank Mattison | .... | unit manager (uncredited) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Jack Sullivan | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
Art Department | |||
| Leo K. Kuter | .... | assistant art director (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Francis J. Scheid | .... | sound | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Byron Haskin | .... | special effects | |
| Hans F. Koenekamp | .... | special effects (as H.F. Koenekamp) | |
Stunts | |||
| Ned Davenport | .... | fencing double (uncredited) | |
| Ralph Faulkner | .... | fencing double (uncredited) | |
| Harry Froboess | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Don Turner | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Buster Wiles | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Leo F. Forbstein | .... | musical director | |
| Hugo Friedhofer | .... | orchestrator | |
| Ray Heindorf | .... | orchestrator | |
| Howard Koch | .... | lyricist: songs | |
| Milan Roder | .... | orchestrator | |
| Simon Bucharoff | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Jo Graham | .... | dialogue director | |
| Ali Hubert | .... | technical advisor | |
| William Kiel | .... | technical advisor | |
| Thomas Manners | .... | technical advisor | |
| Fred Cavens | .... | fencing master (uncredited) | |
| Ralph Faulkner | .... | fight choreographer (uncredited) | |
| Robert Foulk | .... | dialogue director (uncredited) | |
| Georg Rothkegel | .... | german version dubbing director/german dialogue 1949 (uncredited) | |
Beggars of the Sea (USA) (working title)
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109 min (re-release) | 127 min (original version)
Black and White | Black and White (Sepiatone) (some sequences)
1.37 : 1 more
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Portugal:M/6 | USA:Approved (certificate #6090) | UK:U | Australia:G | New Zealand:PG | Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) | France:U | Finland:S | Sweden:15
Henry Daniell couldn't fence. The climactic duel had to be filmed using a double and skillful inter-cutting. more
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
[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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Referenced in Terror Night (1987) more
Strike for the Shores of Dover more
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In "The Sea Hawk", hero Errol Flynn, director Michael Curtiz, and composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold provide great entertainment very similar to that in their earlier classic that starred Flynn as Robin Hood. Supporting actors Alan Hale, Claude Rains, and Una O'Connor also are back, joined by Brenda Marshall, Flora Robson, and Henry Daniell. The movie provides rousing action, a good story, and some memorable characters.
Flynn's character is Geoffrey Thorpe, who is a "sea hawk", a privateering ship captain in the late 1500's indulged by Queen Elizabeth (Robson) and allowed to raise havoc with Spanish shipping in a time when Spain's dominance was at its peak. The story in "The Sea Hawk", like the action in "The Adventures of Robin Hood", is loosely based on historical circumstances, although this time the tone is often more serious. This film is in black-and-white instead of Technicolor, giving it a different feel. (There is a very nice touch when the scenes in the New World are tinted in golden-brown, an effective way of emphasizing the different setting.) There are also extensive scenes of the suffering and humiliation experienced by the English galley slaves imprisoned by the Spanish fleet, instead of the very brief scenes of Saxon suffering in "Robin Hood". But the main emphasis is still on the swash-buckling action that made Flynn so popular.
There are ship-to-ship fights, chases, escapes, and of course sword fights. Flynn's charisma and infectious good nature are usually enough to carry even far-fetched action, and here the story itself is more than good enough to be worthwhile in its own right. "The Sea Hawk" is good, classic entertainment.