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The Sea Hawk

Year:

1940

Duration:

127 min | 109 min (re-release)

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Romance

IMDB rate:

7.8

Director:

Michael Curtiz

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Oscars.

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1940-07-01

Filming Locations: Laguna Beach, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Edgar Buchanan

Errol Flynn

Geoffrey Thorpe

Brenda Marshall

Doña Maria

Claude Rains

Don José Alvarez de Cordoba

Donald Crisp

Sir John Burleson

Flora Robson

Queen Elizabeth

Alan Hale

Carl Pitt

Henry Daniell

Lord Wolfingham

Una O'Connor

Miss Latham

James Stephenson

Abbott

Gilbert Roland

Capt. Lopez

William Lundigan

Danny Logan

Julien Mitchell

Oliver Scott

Montagu Love

King Phillip II

J.M. Kerrigan

Eli Matson

David Bruce

Martin Burke

Clifford Brooke

William Tuttle

Clyde Cook

Walter Boggs

Fritz Leiber

Inquisitor

Ellis Irving

Monty Preston

Francis McDonald

Kroner

Pedro de Cordoba

Capt. Mendoza

Ian Keith

Peralta

Jack La Rue

Lt. Ortega (as Jack LaRue)

Halliwell Hobbes

Astronomer

Alec Craig

Chartmaker

Victor Varconi

Gen. Aguirre

Robert Warwick

Frobisher

Harry Cording

Slavemaster

Herbert Anderson

Eph Winters (uncredited)

Mary Anderson

Maid of Honor (uncredited)

Whit Bissell

Gate Guard at Palace Entrance (uncredited)

J.W. Cody

Whipper (uncredited)

Maurice Costello

Man Carrying Spear (uncredited)

Michael Harvey

Sea Hawk (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson

Officer (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

(uncredited)

Charles Irwin

Arnold Cross (uncredited)

Dave Kashner

Whipper (uncredited)

Colin Kenny

Officer (uncredited)

Crauford Kent

Lieutenant (uncredited)

Frank Lackteen

Capt. Ortiz (uncredited)

Lester Matthews

Guard Officer (uncredited)

Art Miles

Drum Beater (uncredited)

Gerald Mohr

Spanish Messenger

Leonard Mudie

Castle Sentry (uncredited)

Nestor Paiva

Slavemaster (uncredited)

Jack Richardson

(uncredited)

Elizabeth Sifton

Maid of Honor (uncredited)

Jay Silverheels

Native (uncredited)

John Sutton

Captain of the Guard (uncredited)

David Thursby

Driver (uncredited)

Anthony Warde

Whipper (uncredited)

Leo White

(uncredited)

Frank Wilcox

Martin Barrett (uncredited)

Frederick Worlock

Darnell (uncredited)

Harry Worth

Spanish Officer (uncredited)

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Trivia

Finnish censorship visa # 23684 delivered on 4-8-2005 (DVD)

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Henry Daniell couldn't fence. The climactic duel had to be filmed using a double and skillful inter-cutting.

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South African Orlando Boys Club (founded in 1937) were renamed to Orlando Pirates having been influenced by the film. Orlando Pirates are a Premier Soccer League team.

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Goofs

After coming out of the jungle of Panama, Thorpe drops his sword. When he is in on the ship however, he is carrying the same sword.

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The story takes place in 1588. The flint-lock muskets and pistols used in the film were not in use until two-hundred years later.

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Captain Ortiz opens a door towards the end of the movie when he is running away from Thorpe and a string is visible, attached to the door. A sword slides down the string to give the impression that it is thrown at Ortiz and barely misses him.

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Quotes

Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe: Your ship is sinking, Captain.

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Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe: We've an old proverb in England that says, "Those who sail without oars stay on good terms with the wind."

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Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe: Men, from now on both crews will lay aside past differences. Spanish sailors will have full freedom of the decks... with the exception of the powder magazine.

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Faq

Was this film based on the Rafael Sabatini book "The Sea Hawk"?

No, this film was set in the same time period, shares the same name and subject matter but has nothing to do with the Rafael Sabatini book.

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