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The Sea Hawk is a 1940 American black-and-white swashbuckler adventure film directed by Michael Curtiz. Produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment, the movie features Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, and Donald Crisp in the cast. The screenplay was written by Seton I. Miller and Howard Koch, with music composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The narrative is set in England and centers on the subject of sea piracy.
The film has a runtime of 127 minutes and was released on August 10, 1940. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix. Technical credits include Sol Polito as director of photography, George Amy as film editor, and costume design by Orry-Kelly. The production was executive produced by Hal B. Wallis, who also served as producer alongside Henry Blanke.
Critical reception includes a rating of 7.6 from IMDb and a vote average of 7.206 from TMDb. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound. It was produced with a budget of 1,700,000 and generated revenue of 2,000,000.
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7.2Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.
Cast
- Errol Flynn as Captain Geoffrey Thorpe
- Brenda Marshall as Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba
- Claude Rains as Don José Alvarez de Cordoba
- Donald Crisp as Admiral Sir John Burleson
- Flora Robson as Queen Elizabeth
- Alan Hale as Carl Pitt
Themes
- queen elizabeth i
- sword fight
- pirate
- swashbuckler
- armada
- 16th century
- the privateers
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- sea piracy
- Director
- Michael Curtiz
- Screenwriter
- Seton I. Miller
- Cast member
- Leo White
- Composer
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Producer
- Hal B. Wallis
- Cinematographer
- Sol Polito
- Narrative location
- England
- Duration
- 122
- FilmAffinity ID
- 236188
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- The Sea Hawk (1940) trailer 2.jpg
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- publication date
- 1940-08-31
- Commons category
- The Sea Hawk (1940 film)
- film editor
- George Amy
- title
- The Sea Hawk
- distributed by
- Netflix
- executive producer
- Hal B. Wallis
- costume designer
- Orry-Kelly
- production designer
- Anton Grot
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 94%
- characters
- John Hawkins
- capital cost
- 1701211
- box office
- 2678000
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