A wrongly convicted English gentleman goes from galley slave to pirate captain.
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Cast
| 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) |
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Albert Prisco | ... | Yusuf-Ben-Moktar |
| Frank Currier | ... | Asad-ed-Din - Basha of Algiers | |
| William Collier Jr. | ... | Marsak | |
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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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predator in title | bare chested male | homosexual subtext | romantic rivalry | bare chested male bondage |Taglines:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
14 June 1924 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Águia dos Mares See more »Filming Locations:
Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USAEdit
Box Office
Gross USA:
$780,187, 31 December 1925Company Credits
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Runtime:
(1994 restoration print)Sound Mix:
SilentColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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Opening Title Card: Ride on, Peter; you're drunk.
Captain Jasper Leigh: Until you give me satisfaction, I'll horsewhip you every time we meet!
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(1924) (uncredited)
Music by Modest Altschuler
Words by John LeRoy Johnston
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The film features five ships that were specially-built for the production at a reported cost of $250,000. See more »Quotes
Captain Jasper Leigh: I've had enough of you and your breed, you swaggering bully! Send your seconds to me or...Opening Title Card: Ride on, Peter; you're drunk.
Captain Jasper Leigh: Until you give me satisfaction, I'll horsewhip you every time we meet!
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Sea Hawk(1924) (uncredited)
Music by Modest Altschuler
Words by John LeRoy Johnston
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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.