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Sea Hawk, The (1940) Rank 3 Reviews
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filmcritic.com
Captain Blood's Errol Flynn hits the high seas again in this overstuffed historical epic. The film careens from the water (as Flynn's Captain Thorpe plays pirate against the Spanish galleons of the Elizabethan era) to the royal drawing rooms (as Thorpe ...read the complete Sea Hawk movie review at filmcritic.com
Movie Mirror
In 1585 Spain's King Philip II (Montagu Love) sends Don Alvarez (Claude Rains) to his adversary England. Captain Lopez (Gilbert Roland) transports Alvarez and his niece Maria (Brenda Marshall). Albatross buccaneers led by Geoffrey Thorpe (Errol Flynn) ...read the complete Sea Hawk movie review at Movie Mirror
DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
Watch "The Sea Hawk" because it's a stirring adventure saga, to be sure, and one of Errol Flynn's swashbuckling best. But if you see it for no other reason, see it for Erich Wolfgang Korngold's music. Few other scores have had as much influence on the ...read the complete Sea Hawk movie review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top Critics
...as much as Flynn himself, what pulls together the grand action set-pieces of swordplay ... and gushing romance is the music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. It's Hollywood's greatest swashbuckling symphony and one of the all-time favorite movie scores. ...read the complete Sea Hawk movie review at Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top Critics
digitallyOBSESSED.com (Jeff Wilson)
Errol Flynn has always been associated, at least to me, with the swashbuckler genre. I know he made films in various other genres. but to me he'll always be best with a sword in hand. He was rarely better than in The Sea Hawk, based not on the Rafael ...read the complete Sea Hawk movie review at digitallyOBSESSED.com (Jeff Wilson)
KQEK DVD Review (Mark R. Hasan)
As historians Rudy Behlmer and Dr. Lincoln D. Hurst explain in the DVD's all-too-brief featurette, "The Sea Hawk" was a sly mix of ideas baked into a perfect swashbuckling adventure epic: the title comes from Rafael Sabatini's novel (faithfully filmed in ...read the complete Sea Hawk movie review at KQEK DVD Review (Mark R. Hasan)
Foster on Film - The Swashbuckler
The Sea Hawk is a well-filmed, well-acted adventure yarn of pseudo-pirates and romance on the high seas, based, in name only, on a Rafael Sabatini novel. Errol Flynn plays privateer Geoffrey Thorpe with the charisma and bravado that was his trademark in ...read the complete Sea Hawk movie review at Foster on Film - The Swashbuckler
Classic Film Guide
One of the best pirate movies you'll ever see (though not quite as good as Captain Blood (1935), in my opinion). One of the many director Michael Curtiz-actor Errol Flynn collaborations which also features great (of course) performances by Claude Rains, ...read the complete Sea Hawk movie review at Classic Film Guide
BoxOfficeCritic.com (Eileen Peterman)
The Sea Hawk is a classic Errol Flynn swash buckler recently released in a DVD package of Errol Flynn movies. Often listed as one of Errol Flynn’s greatest films along with Captain Blood and The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Sea Hawk tells a more ...read the complete Sea Hawk movie review at BoxOfficeCritic.com (Eileen Peterman)
MediaScreen.com
Pitted against "The Adventures of Robin Hood," director Michael Curtiz's "The Sea Hawk" (1940) is probably the second greatest Errol Flynn swashbuckler of all time. It stars Flynn as Geoffrey Thorpe, a Robin Hood-esque pirate, robbing the wealth of the ...read the complete Sea Hawk movie review at MediaScreen.com
Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
The fun of The Adventures of Robin Hood was Flynn apparently having the time of his life fighting the oppressive Prince John. His cocky charm and swagger made for a great roguish hero. The Sea Hawk is too dramatic and over done with political innuendos. ...read the complete Sea Hawk movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
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