The Sea Hawk (1940 film)
| The Sea Hawk | |
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| Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
| Produced by |
Henry Blanke Hal B. Wallis |
| Written by |
Howard Koch Seton I. Miller |
| Starring |
Errol Flynn Brenda Marshall Claude Rains |
| Music by | Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
| Cinematography | Sol Polito |
| Edited by | George Amy |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Release date
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1947 (France) |
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Running time
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127 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,701,211 |
| Box office | $2 million (US) 3,280,538 admissions (France) (1947) |
The Sea Hawk is a 1940 American black-and-white swashbuckling adventure film from Warner Bros. that stars Errol Flynn as an English privateer who defends his nation's interests on the eve of the Spanish Armada. The film was the tenth collaboration between Flynn and director Michael Curtiz. Its screenplay was written by Howard Koch and Seton I. Miller. The rousing musical score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold is recognized as a high point in his career.
Colorized versions of The Sea Hawk were broadcast on American television and distributed on VHS tape in 1986. Only the black-and-white edited version (109 minutes) and the fully restored/uncut version (127 minutes), have been released in the DVD format. No plans have been announced to release the colorized version on DVD.
King Philip II of Spain (Montagu Love) declares his intention to destroy England and after this "puny rockbound island as barren and treacherous as her Queen" is out of the way, he believes that world conquest will follow: he says his great wall map, one day, "will have ceased to be a map of the world; it will be Spain." He sends one of his courtiers, Don Alvarez (Claude Rains), as his ambassador to allay the suspicions of Queen Elizabeth I (Flora Robson) about the great armada he is building to invade England. In England, some of the Queen's ministers plead with her to build a fleet, which she hesitates to do in order to spare the purses of her subjects.
The ambassador's ship is captured en route to England by the Albatross and her captain, Geoffrey Thorpe (Errol Flynn). Don Alvarez and his niece, Doña María (Brenda Marshall), are taken aboard and transported to England. Thorpe is immediately enchanted by Doña María and gallantly returns her plundered jewels. Her detestation of him softens as she too begins to fall in love.
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