A wrongly-convicted English gentleman goes from galley slave to pirate captain.A wrongly-convicted English gentleman goes from galley slave to pirate captain.A wrongly-convicted English gentleman goes from galley slave to pirate captain.
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- 2 wins
Marc McDermott
- Sir John Killigrew
- (as Mark MacDermott)
Wallace MacDonald
- Peter Godolphin
- (as Wallace Mac Donald)
Christina Montt
- The Infanta of Spain
- (as Christine Montt)
Fred DeSilva
- Ali
- (as Fred De Silva)
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- Writers
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- TriviaThe Sea Hawk (1924) features five ships that were specially-built for the production at a reported cost of $250,000. This was done by outfitting the wooden exteriors of existing craft to the design of Fred Gabourie, known for his work in constructing props used in Buster Keaton slapstick films. The Moorish Galleass, The Spanish Galleon, and two English frigates called The Silver Heron and The Swallow.
- Quotes
Opening Title Card: The sea that breaks today on England's wave-lashed coast, thunders majestically its age-old songs of dim, forgotten yesterdays...
- ConnectionsEdited into Captain Blood (1935)
Featured review
Long thought lost or incomplete the Sea Hawk survives much the way i was seen in 1924. A long costume film about pirates it was directed by the dependable Frank Lloyd and stars Milton Sills. My only complaint with the DVD is that the film has been bathed in re-tint & re-tone. The color at times can be so rich one can't see details in the film. I'd much rather have seen the movie in pure black & white. At times this movie can remind one of Ben-Hur released a year later, especially in the at-sea sequences. As far as the filmmaking, everything is top notch but it is still 1924. That camera will not move but the pictorial capture is beautiful. Lloyd is dependable and like many Hollywood directors he won't give anything more than dependability. Kind of like Harry Beaumont directing Beau Brummel that same year. Lloyd, at least at this time, won't think of panning the camera or a deep soft focus as would King Vidor or Alan Crosland. But what he gives us is exquisite & exciting. I was glad to finally see this film after so many years. dir. Frank Lloyd, First National.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Slaghöken
- Filming locations
- Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA(Spanish slave galleons)
- Production company
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $780,187
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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