Seven Seas to Calais

Seven Seas to Calais
Directed by	Rudolph Mate Primo Zeglio
Produced by	Paolo Moffa
Written by	Lindsay Galloway
Screenplay by	George St. George Filippo Sanjust
Starring	Rod Taylor Keith Michell Edy Vessel
Music by	Franco Mannino
Cinematography	Giulio Gianini
Edited by	Franco Fraticelli
Production company	Adelphia Compagnia Cinematografica
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	March, 1963 (USA)
Running time	102 min.
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Budget	$650,000
Box office	$2.25 million

Seven Seas to Calais (Italian: Il dominatore dei sette mari) is a 1962 Italian adventure film by Eastmancolor in CinemaScope, directed by Rudolph Maté (his final film) and Primo Zeglio. It stars Rod Taylor, Keith Michell and Edy Vessel. The film depicts the career of Sir Francis Drake.

Sir Francis Drake (Rod Taylor) is Queen Elizabeth I of England's (Irene Worth), leading commanders in the battles with Spain over the gold of the New World. He is a pirate who has no problems about raiding Spanish gold arsenals. He is a military commander who plans and executes naval battles with the Spanish Armada. He is a diplomat who knows how to maneuver in courtly circles.

The film was mainly shot at the Titanus Appia Studios in Rome but some scenes were filmed at the Bay of Naples.Rod Taylor was dating Anita Ekberg at the time.

According to MGM records,the film earned $1,250,000 in North America and $1,000,000 in the rest of the world, earning it a profit of $293,000.

It had admissions of 534,906 in France.