The Sea Hawk Movie Review
The Sea Hawk Review
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Rating: NR
1940
Cast & Crew
Director : Michael Curtiz
Producer : Hal B. Wallis
Screenwriter : Howard Koch, Seton I. Miller
Starring : Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp, Flora Robson, Alan Hale, Henry Daniell, Una O'Connor
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Errol Flynn Stories
Captain Blood's Errol Flynn hits the high seas again in this overstuffed
historical epic. The film careens from the water (as Flynn's Captain Thorpe
plays pirate against the Spanish galleons of the Elizabethan era) to the royal
drawing rooms (as Thorpe raises the ire of Queen Elizabeth (Flora Robson)).
Meanwhile, he's in love with a Spanish lady from one of the ships (Brenda
Marshall) and he tries to woo her while avoiding capture.
The sea adventure is fantastic (two life-size ships were constructed
specifically for the film) but frankly I could have used far less parlor
rooming in the picture -- especially because Robson is so difficult to believe
as Elizabeth, despite the severe hairdo. Flynn -- in his 10th collaboration
with director Michael Curtiz -- acquits himself just fine, though perhaps he
should have taken his sword to the overblown script as well as the Spaniards.
Avast!
