
Captain Blood(1935)
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.


“Dashing... romantic... Errol Flynn at his thrilling best!”
Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.

Errol Flynn
Captain Geoffrey Thorpe

Brenda Marshall
Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba

Claude Rains
Don José Alvarez de Cordoba

Donald Crisp
Admiral Sir John Burleson

Flora Robson
Queen Elizabeth

Alan Hale
Carl Pitt

Henry Daniell
Lord Wolfingham

Una O'Connor
Miss Latham

James Stephenson
Abbott

Gilbert Roland
Capt. Lopez
The Sea Hawk is a adventure, history, romance film released in 1940 exploring themes of queen elizabeth i, sword fight, pirate, swashbuckler, armada, 16th century. Directed by Michael Curtiz, it stars Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains. Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.
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