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The Sea Hawk

  • 19241924
  • PassedPassed
  • 2h 3m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
562
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Milton Sills in The Sea Hawk (1924)
AdventureDramaRomance
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.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
562
YOUR RATING
    • Frank Lloyd
    • Rafael Sabatini(by)
    • J.G. Hawks(adapted for the screen by)
    • Walter Anthony(titles)
  • Stars
    • Milton Sills
    • Enid Bennett
    • Lloyd Hughes
    • Frank Lloyd
    • Rafael Sabatini(by)
    • J.G. Hawks(adapted for the screen by)
    • Walter Anthony(titles)
  • Stars
    • Milton Sills
    • Enid Bennett
    • Lloyd Hughes
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 11User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Milton Sills
    Milton Sills
    • Sir Oliver Tressilian
    Enid Bennett
    Enid Bennett
    • Lady Rosamund Godolphin
    Lloyd Hughes
    Lloyd Hughes
    • Lionel Tressilian
    Wallace Beery
    Wallace Beery
    • Captain Jasper Leigh
    Marc McDermott
    Marc McDermott
    • Sir John Killigrew
    • (as Mark MacDermott)
    Wallace MacDonald
    Wallace MacDonald
    • Peter Godolphin
    • (as Wallace Mac Donald)
    Bert Woodruff
    Bert Woodruff
    • Nick
    Claire Du Brey
    Claire Du Brey
    • Siren
    Lionel Belmore
    Lionel Belmore
    • Justice Anthony Baine
    Christina Montt
    • The Infanta of Spain
    • (as Christine Montt)
    Albert Prisco
    Albert Prisco
    • Yusuf-Ben-Moktar
    Frank Currier
    Frank Currier
    • Asad-ed-Din - Basha of Algiers
    William Collier Jr.
    William Collier Jr.
    • Marsak
    Medea Radzina
    Medea Radzina
    • Fenzileh
    Fred DeSilva
    • Ali
    • (as Fred De Silva)
    Kathleen Key
    Kathleen Key
    • Andalusian Slave Girl
    Hector V. Sarno
    Hector V. Sarno
    • Tsmanni
    Robert Bolder
    Robert Bolder
    • Ayoub
      • Frank Lloyd
      • Rafael Sabatini(by)
      • J.G. Hawks(adapted for the screen by)
      • Walter Anthony(titles)
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    • Trivia
      Highest grossing movie of 1924
    • 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...

    • Connections
      Edited into Captain Blood (1935)
    • Soundtracks
      Sea Hawk
      (1924) (uncredited)

      Music by Modest Altschuler

      Words by John LeRoy Johnston

      promotional song

    User reviews11

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    Better Than Remake
    Sea Hawk, The (1924)

    *** (out of 4)

    Oliver Tressilian (Milton Sills) goes from a rich man to slave and then works his way back up in this faithful adaptation of Rafael Sabatini's famous novel. Most people know the 1940 Errol Flynn version, which is considered a major classic but that version left me rather flat when i watched it a couple years ago. This silent version isn't a classic but to me it's somewhat more entertaining. The funny thing is that I praised the Flynn version for various battle scenes but it turns out that many of them were lifted from this film because Warner felt they couldn't top the scenes here. The battle scenes here are certainly the highlight and the slave mutiny is full of excitement. Sills, a major star in the silent era who is now forgotten, delivers a very strong performance but the screenplay doesn't offer him too much outside the lover/fighter part. Wallace Beery is also good in his role as another Captain but Enid Bennett is rather lame as the love interest. Towards the end of the film there's some nice tinted scenes but the real surprise was the hand colored flames, which appear in three scenes.
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    • Michael_Elliott
    • Feb 25, 2008

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    • Release date
      • June 14, 1924 (United States)
      • United States
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Frank Lloyd Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • 2 hours 3 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Silent

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