A wrongly convicted English gentleman goes from galley slave to pirate captain.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Milton Sills | ... | Sir Oliver Tressilian | |
| Enid Bennett | ... | Lady Rosamund Godolphin | |
| Lloyd Hughes | ... | Lionel Tressilian | |
| Wallace Beery | ... | Captain Jasper Leigh | |
| Marc McDermott | ... | Sir John Killigrew (as Mark MacDermott) | |
| Wallace MacDonald | ... | Peter Godolphin (as Wallace Mac Donald) | |
| Bert Woodruff | ... | Nick | |
| Claire Du Brey | ... | Siren | |
| Lionel Belmore | ... | Justice Anthony Baine | |
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Christina Montt | ... | The Infanta of Spain (as Christine Montt) |
| Albert Prisco | ... | Yusuf-Ben-Moktar | |
| Frank Currier | ... | Asad-ed-Din - Basha of Algiers | |
| William Collier Jr. | ... | Marsak | |
| Medea Radzina | ... | Fenzileh | |
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Fred DeSilva | ... | Ali (as Fred De Silva) |
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The adventures of Oliver Tressilian, who goes from English gentry to galley slave to captain of a Moorish fighting ship, all the while trying to regain his lady love. Follows the novel, unlike the 1940 movie of the same name. Written by Robert Tonsing <rtonsing@ti.com>
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(1924) (uncredited)
Music by Modest Altschuler
Words by John LeRoy Johnston
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This film was restored and preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive and the Library of Congress. See more »Quotes
Sir Oliver Tressilian: I would to God I had died a galley slave ere I brought you to this!See more »
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Sea Hawk(1924) (uncredited)
Music by Modest Altschuler
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14 June 1924 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Sea Hawk See more »Filming Locations:
Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USAEdit
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(1994 restoration print)Sound Mix:
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All right, I want to add a few things. First of all there are 2 films, not 2 film versions. The 1924 silent version adheres to the book, which I bought and read many years ago. I see that some battles scenes were lifted from this version. For a silent film it is very good. The 1940 version is very good as well. It's political sea drama between England and Spain. There is a galley and escape scene. There are sea battles with sound (which would not be hard updating the silent film.
I believe that Raphael Sabatini's version deserves to be remade. If you read Captain Blood, it reads like a film. The book The Seahawk is a great read. Check it out for yourself.