Captain Blood

Year:

1935

Duration:

119 min | USA:99 min (re-release) | West Germany:105 min

Genres:

Action | Adventure

IMDB rate:

7.8

Director:

Michael Curtiz

Awards:

Nominated for 5 Oscars.

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1935-12-28

Filming Locations: Corona, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Jim Thorpe

Errol Flynn

Peter Blood

Olivia de Havilland

Arabella Bishop

Lionel Atwill

Colonel Bishop

Basil Rathbone

Levasseur

Ross Alexander

Jeremy Pitt

Guy Kibbee

Hagthorpe

Henry Stephenson

Lord Willoughby

Robert Barrat

Wolverstone

Hobart Cavanaugh

Dr. Bronson

Donald Meek

Dr. Whacker

Jessie Ralph

Mrs. Barlow

Forrester Harvey

Honesty Nuttall

Frank McGlynn Sr.

Rev. Ogle

Holmes Herbert

Capt. Gardner

David Torrence

Andrew Baynes

J. Carrol Naish

Cahusac (as J. Carroll Naish)

Pedro de Cordoba

Don Diego

George Hassell

Governor Steed

Harry Cording

Kent

Leonard Mudie

Baron Jeffreys

Ivan F. Simpson

Prosecutor (as Ivan Simpson)

Stuart Casey

Capt. Hobart

David Cavendish

Lord Gildoy (as Dennis D. Auburn)

Mary Forbes

Mrs. Steed

E.E. Clive

Clerk of the Court

Colin Kenny

Lord Chester Dyke

Maude Leslie

Mrs. Baynes

Gardner James

Slave

Vernon Steele

King James

Gene Alsace

Oliver Clark - Pirate (uncredited)

Sam Appel

Gunner (uncredited)

Reginald Barlow

Dixon (uncredited)

Matthew 'Stymie' Beard

Governor's Attendant (uncredited)

Wayne Castle

One-Legged Pirate (uncredited)

Yola d'Avril

Girl in Tavern (uncredited)

Florence Fair

Woman with Baby (uncredited)

Halliwell Hobbes

Lord Sunderland (uncredited)

Murray Kinnell

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Alphonse Martell

French Officer (uncredited)

Chris-Pin Martin

Sentry (uncredited)

Jim Mason

Pirate (uncredited)

Tina Menard

Girl in Tavern (uncredited)

Louis Mercier

Pirate (uncredited)

Kansas Moehring

Pirate (uncredited)

John Northpole

Pirate (uncredited)

Artie Ortego

Pirate (uncredited)

Henry Otho

David Sampson - Pirate (uncredited)

Paul Panzer

Pirate (uncredited)

Frank Puglia

French Officer (uncredited)

Georges Renavent

French Captain (uncredited)

Buddy Roosevelt

Pirate (uncredited)

Cliff Saum

Pirate (uncredited)

Tom Steele

Pirate (uncredited)

David Thursby

Lookout on English Ship (uncredited)

Renee Torres

Girl in Tavern (uncredited)

Blackie Whiteford

Pirate (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

Pirate (uncredited)

William Yetter Sr.

Pirate (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The movie was filmed on a low budget, as Errol Flynn was unknown at the time.

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"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 27, 1937 with Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone and Henry Stephenson reprising their film roles.

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IN JOKE: After Peter Blood and his friends have escaped from slavery, and taken the Spanish ship, and he is reading the proclamation banding them together as a brotherhood of buccaneers, he mentions the date: "this 20th day of June, 1685" (or 168-- something). Anyway, as all Flynn fans know, June 20 was Flynn's birthday. It's hard to believe this is a coincidence. What is interesting is that when he made this film, Flynn wasn't yet a star, and it would seem risky for him to fool around with the dialogue. It could be that he changed the date, himself, and no one noticed. Or perhaps they let him do it. Flynn did a similar thing in his later "Dawn Patrol." In the film, his character, Courtney, mentions his father, who is a professor of biology at Queens. Flynn's own father was professor of biology at Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1938.

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Goofs

Blood's ship sometimes has two square-rigged sails on the rear mast. This was not done until the mid-eighteenth century, approximately fifteen years after the story takes place.

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The courtroom scene is introduced by a shot of the royal coat of arms, in the form adopted in 1837. In the next scene, a window in the palace shows the shield correct for 1603-1707, reflecting the claim on the crown of France first made by Edward III of England in 1340.

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Levasseur's eyes blink after the second wave has passed over his dead body.

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Quotes

Dr. Peter Blood: Have we an English battle flag on board, Hagthorpe?

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Arabella Bishop: Oh, forgive me for not recognizing you, Dr. Blood. You're so changed... and for the better.

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Dr. Peter Blood: Such a partnership requires sober thought. My poor head has been dancing with rum this whole week past.

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