Basil Rathbone, Donald Meek, Errol Flynn
An enslaved English doctor and his comrades in chains escape and become pirates of the Robin Hood variety.
DVD Release Date: April 19, 2005
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Flixster Reviews (407)
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July 17, 2009Jack Sparrow you say?? hahaha Errol's first big role and a darn good one at that. Looking dashing, your typical cutlass wielding buccaneer, along with the gorgeous Havilland (at her sexiest) and good old basil Rathbone, Blood is a rousing adventure with dueling, romance and some ...( read more)
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May 9, 2009see this before the remake scheduled for 2011. yeah it's old school, starring a 25 year old unknown named errol flynn. it made him an overnight sensation and he was soon typecast in swashbuckling parts. he wasn't the greatest actor in the world but he made it up with charisma....( read more)
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April 27, 2009Not as good as I had hoped for. Stiff upper lip, boring, supposedly a classic, but wasn't making me feel enthralled. There ARE better pirate movies. Fact.
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December 5, 2008Captain Blood from 1935 starring Errol Flynn and Olivia De Havilland is a true swash buckling adventure of a classic. Both of these stars are at the early stages of there career and look great and have wonderful chemistry. A true adventure with some romance mixed in....check this...( read more)
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April 24, 2008michael curtiz slices to the heart of every adventure lover everywhere with a film with more derring-do than has been done at anytime (until danny kaye's "court jester"). errol flynn and olivia de havilland are little remembered anymore but you can see their definitive DNA in an...( read more)
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September 18, 2009Michael Curtiz and Errol Flynn strike again together in another pirate tale.
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August 7, 2009This pirate adventure film is what built Errol Flynn?s reputation as the new heir to Douglass Fairbank?s throne. Like a lot of movies of this era there?s a certain weirdness that needs to be overcome, there is very little darkness in Flynn?s character and these pirates are only ...( read more)
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July 27, 2009Errol Flynn kicking ass, pirates that don't have eye patches, peg legs and parrots on their shoulders, it feels a bit like Robin Hood on a boat, which is good.
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July 26, 2009This is Errol's 1st big movie. How can you not love watching this dude when he plays a pirate?
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Critic Reviews
April 20, 2005
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
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May 8, 2007A story about Peter Blood, sold into slavery for helping a sick man who is a rebel. He is bought by the beautiful Arabella Bishop and she turns him over to work with her Uncle's slaves because he has no manners and is not grateful. He escapes and becomes a dreaded pirate. He gets himself a partner, only to find that his partner is breaking the rules and has Arabella, intending to hold her for ransom. Peter buys her and takes her aboard his ship. In the end, Peter returns to the town he escaped from, saves it, and becomes Governor. Very good movie.
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