Review of Captain Blood (1935) by Ben L — 21 Jan 2016

This is an amazing swashbuckler.... Class all the way.

This review of Captain Blood (1935) was written by Ben L on 21 Jan 2016.

Captain Blood has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Stephen H (1,156) on 06 Mar 2012

Fairly entertaining swashbuckler movie for which Errol Flynn, a doctor, is a prisoner who has been convicted of treason and ends up being shipped…

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By Don Druker (117) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 10 Feb 2012

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By Jacob M (1,390) on 22 Mar 2014

PART OF MY CLASSIC VIEWINGS OF 2014 LIST Up that rigging, you monkeys! Aloft! There's no chains to hold you now…

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By Stan D (105) on 04 Dec 2012

The movie that made Errol Flynn a star, is naturally a swashbuckler, with Flynn a wrongly convicted doctor, who escapes to become a pirate,…

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By Adrian B (1,364) on 06 Mar 2012

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By I Don't Know W (791) on 24 Jul 2011

I'm glad I saw this after I saw The Prisoner of Shark Island or else that movie would have been even more boring…

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By Thomas J (458) on 15 Oct 2011

Errol Flynn at his best....always fun to watch over and over again…

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By Chris M (3,023) on 02 Sep 2012

Undeniably one of the forerunners of many if not all of the great action films of the 20th century, a piece of film history which I hope would…

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