The Sea Hawk

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The Sea Hawk

Alan Hale, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp, Errol Flynn, Flora Robson, Gilbert Roland, Henry Daniell, James Stephenson, Una O'Connor, William Lundigan

The adventures of a piratical sea fighter, Geoffrey Thorpe, commander of a British sailing ship that preys on Spanish commerce in the late 16th century. Also focuses on internal politics within the co...( read more  read more... )urt of Elizabeth I who secretly condones Thorpe's buccaneering activities.

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  • rubystevens
    August 5, 2008
    rubystevens
    the greatest of all swashbuckling adventures! pirates of the carribbean, bite me!
  • groaningbitch
    April 21, 2008
    groaningbitch
    "sea hwak" is the quintessential swashbuckler with golden team of errol flynn and driector michael curtiz as well as flynn typecasted sidekick alan hale despite the abscence of basil rathbone and olivia de havilland who had been weary of the repeated stereotypes then.

    flynn p...( read more)lays the legendary captain thorpe who serves england by robbing the ships of spain who mistreated british privates by severe slavery at ship-decker. this time flynn's competent villains would be claude rains and henry daniell, and his rosy beauty would be branda marshell who happens to have a likable nanny played una o'connor.

    heroic patriotism, just brotherhood, gallant chivalry and debonair suaveness are all well-applied in "sea hawk" with the grandly vital music of erich konkorg who also supervised flynn's "robin hood". two knights of good and evil have duelts by swords with their massive shadows magnified on the wall as michael curtiz's signatured expressionistic photography. striking woman plucks thorn roses in the garden, rescued by a gorgeous dashing flynn, then two whispers the ingenundo of love with the talk of monastery statue. manhood is projected in the most idealistic way with its shining glamour, and errol flynn would be its best representative.

    british stage actress flora robson incarnates as queen elizabeth who has the adequate screen presence, personally fonded by flynn who has good chesmistry with her at the scene together with the courteous monkey. allegedly, flynn prefers performing with her as elizabeth to the abrasive bette davis who also plays elizabeth with flynn in the later "elizabeth and essenx." it is complained by flynn that davis overslaps him in one scene.

    further, "sea hawk" also has a hinted political stance then by comparing england as the league of decent democracy against the spain which stands for the sinisterly arrogant nazi then, reflecting the world war II condition at the time it's released.
  • organgrinder136
    April 9, 2007
    organgrinder136
    watching this made me proud to be the half and mostly english that i am. set just before the attempted invasion by the silly spanish armarda whom we kicked the spanish butt of. first time i've ever seen anything with errol flynn in it and it werent half bad
  • garyX
    December 9, 2006
    garyX
    Proof that pirate films existed before Johnny Depp. A classic swashbuckler with Errol Flyn doing what he does best combined with lavish period detail, political machinations and some great photography. And Flora Robson makes a wonderful Queen Elizabeth I.
  • DrLappos
    May 21, 2008
    DrLappos
    Saturday morning classic as a kid. Loved it.
  • jam233
    November 10, 2009
    jam233
    One of the greatest adventure films of all time, and Errol Flynn is at his best. The score is one of the greatest ever composed, it's excellent and rousing. The entire cast is amazing, and some of the supporting actors stand out like Alan Hale Sr., Una O'Connor, Flora Robson, Don...( read more)ald Crisp and Claude Rains. I could never tire of watching this great classic.
  • ElCochran90
    September 18, 2009
    ElCochran90
    The best adventure epic of both Michael Curtiz and Errol Flynn. Outstanding.

    81/100
  • jackgiantkillr
    July 26, 2009
    jackgiantkillr
    I can't distinguish between this and Captain Blood too well in my mind, but I love 'em both. Though this one also has Claude Rains. How you can you not love him? He always makes such a good creep/bad ugy.
  • malacaynomuerto
    January 28, 2009
    malacaynomuerto
    una muy buena película de aventuras navales todo un clásico
  • xxxcli213xxx
    December 13, 2008
    xxxcli213xxx
    ehh. . . . no thanks
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