The Sea Hawk is a 1940 American black-and-white swashbuckling adventure film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Errol Flynn, being the tenth collaboration between Flynn and director Michael Curtiz.
Plot[]
As Spain prepares an armada to invade England, British privateer Geoffrey Thorpe (Errol Flynn) embarks on a mission to loot Spanish ships. When he captures the vessel carrying ambassador Don Jose Alvarez de Cordoba (Claude Rains), the dashing captain falls for his niece, the beautiful Dona Maria (Brenda Marshall), who settles comfortably in England. Dedicated to protecting British interests, Thorpe heads out to sea on a dangerous expedition that may determine the country's fate.
Cast[]
- Errol Flynn as Geoffrey Thorpe
- Brenda Marshall as Doña María
- Claude Rains as Don José Álvarez de Córdoba
- Donald Crisp as Sir John Burleson
- Flora Robson as Queen Elizabeth of England
- Alan Hale as Carl Pitt
- Henry Daniell as Lord Wolfingham
- Una O'Connor as Miss Latham, Doña Maria's English duenna
- James Stephenson as Abbott
- Gilbert Roland as Captain López, Don José's sea captain
- William Lundigan as Danny Logan
- Julien Mitchell as Oliver Scott
- Montagu Love as King Philip II of Spain
- J. M. Kerrigan as Eli Matson
- David Bruce as Martin Burke
- Clifford Brooke as William Tuttle
- Clyde Cook as Walter Boggs
- Fritz Leiber as Inquisitor
- Ellis Irving as Monty Preston
- Francis McDonald as Samuel Kroner
- Pedro de Córdoba as Captain Mendoza
- Ian Keith as Peralta
- Jack La Rue as Lieutenant Ortega (as Jack LaRue)
- Halliwell Hobbes as Astronomer
- Alec Craig as Jodocus Hondius
- Victor Varconi as General Aguirre
- Robert Warwick as Captain Frobisher
- Harry Cording as Slavemaster
- Leyland Hodgson as Officer
- Leo White as Bit Role (uncredited)