Review of The Sea Hawk (1940) by Terri H — 03 Oct 2008
One of the all-time great swashbuckler adventure pictures.
The great Errol Flynn stars as Privateer Geoffry Thorpe, assigned by Queen Elizabeth (Flora Robson) to rob a Spanish fleet of gold in order to thwart a possible invasion of England (a very topical subject being that the film was released in 1940 while Germany was attacking England from the air).
Though the picture shares a name with a novel by adventure novelist Rafael Sabatini (whose book Captain Blood served as inspiration for a previous hit Flynn/Curtiz adventure picture), that is all it has in common. But no matter. Both Flynn and director Michael Curtiz (this was the tenth out of twelve pictures they worked on together) are in their element with violent sea battles, exciting sword fights, and high romance, all set to a rousing Erich Wolfgang Korngold score.
This review of The Sea Hawk (1940) was written by Terri H on 03 Oct 2008.
The Sea Hawk has generally received very positive reviews.
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