Rent The Sea Hawk (1940)

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Synopsis:
Cannons thunder, blades clatter and Erich Wolfgang Korngold's incomparable music swirls and flourishes in The Sea Hawk. In one of his best roles, Errol Flynn plays Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe, who commandeers a 40-gun galleon, endures captivity, then boldly escapes to warn England of Spain's armada. Working on his 10th of 12 movies with Flynn, Michael Curtiz masterfully directs the film's blend of royal intrigue and derring-do heroics - made on a then lavish $1.7 million-scale that included construction of two full-sized ships.
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Directors:
Writers:
Howard Koch, Seton I. Miller
Others:
Byron Haskin, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Nathan Levinson, Anton Grot
Studio:
Warner
Genres:
Action & Adventure, Classics
Collections:
A Brief History of Ships in Film: From Sailing to , A History of British Queens in Film, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 British Actresses of the 1940s, Top Films
BBFC:
Release Date:
21/11/2005
Run Time:
122 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, Italian Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
Subtitles:
Arabic, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, French, Italian, Italian Hard of Hearing
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
Colour:
B & W
Bonus:
  • New featurette The sea hawk: Flynn in action
  • Alice in Movieland
  • Theatrical trailer

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Classic Swashbuckler - The Sea Hawk review by GI

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10/04/2021

A fantastic swashbuckler from the classical Hollywood period and starring the big heart throb of the day, Errol Flynn. Set in the Elizabethan age with Spain at loggerheads with England ruled by Elizabeth I, played with gusto by Flora Robson. Flynn plays Captain Geoffrey Thorpe, a privateer who attacks Spanish ships robbing them of their gold and valuables which he secretly gives to the Crown and so he's in the Queen's favour. But the Spaniards consider him a pirate and when he attempts to rob a gold shipment in Panama he is captured and made a galley slave. But he must escape to warn England of the impending Armada Spain is launching against his country. Full of great swordplay, romance with Brenda Marshall as the love interest, this is a film of derring-do, posh accents and the mythical view of English history as seen by Hollywood. It's pure escapism, great fun and one of those magical films of yesteryear that gets little attention these days. It deserves rediscovery by a modern audience. Flynn was great in tights with a sword in his hand and his early films were all of similar stamp such as Captain Blood (1935) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) indeed similarities between the films abound and under the direction of Michael Curtiz, who was a master action director of his day they make great family viewing.

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