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Dashing... romantic... Errol Flynn at his thrilling best!
Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.
CinemaSerf
Jun 23, 2022 · via TMDB
First things first. This has virtually nothing at all to do with the 1924 Frank Lloyd version nor, indeed, does it have very much to do with the original Rafael Sabatini novel either - but it is still probably my favourite Errol Flynn film. The story is (very) loosely based on the courageous activities of the privateers who raided the Spanish treasure ships during the reign of Elizabeth I of England (rather convincingly portrayed here by Flora Robson). Flynn seizes an ambassadorial galleon on which are travelling Claude Rains and Brenda Marshall, and a tale of espionage, secrecy, love and skullduggery ensues for an exciting couple of hours. Korngold always had the skill to add something special with his score to these seafaring adventure films - and he does in abundance here too (though perhaps not the songs with the shockingly terrible rhymes!?). Henry Daniell is also worthy of mention as the duplicitous "Lord Wolfingham" and Michael Curtiz is at his action-packed best as he offers us loads of swash, buckle and a thoroughly enjoyable piece of cinema that you ought to see on the big screen if you get a chance.
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Errol Flynn
Captain Geoffrey Thorpe
Brenda Marshall
Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba
Claude Rains
Don José Alvarez de Cordoba
Donald Crisp
Admiral 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
Montagu Love
King Philip II
Julien Mitchell
Oliver Scott
David Bruce
Martin Burke
Clifford Brooke
William Tuttle
Clyde Cook
Walter Boggs
Fritz Leiber
Inquisitor
Francis McDonald
Kroner
Pedro de Cordoba
Capt. Mendoza
Ian Keith
Peralta
Jack La Rue
Lt. Ortega
Halliwell Hobbes
Astronomer
Alec Craig
Chartmaker
Victor Varconi
Gen. Aguirre
Robert Warwick
Frobisher
Harry Cording
Slavemaster
Herbert Anderson
Eph Winters
Mary Anderson
Maid of Honor
Whit Bissell
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Edgar Buchanan
Ben Rollins
Maurice Costello
Man Carrying Spear
Leyland Hodgson
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Colin Kenny
Officer
Crauford Kent
Lieutenant
Frank Lackteen
Capt. Ortiz
Lester Matthews
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Gerald Mohr
Spanish Messenger
Leonard Mudie
Castle Sentry
Nestor Paiva
First Slavemaster
Jack Richardson
(uncredited)
Jay Silverheels
Native Lookout
John Sutton
Captain of the Guard
Anthony Warde
Whipper
Leo White
(uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
Martin Barrett
Frederick Worlock
Darnell
Harry Worth
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J.M. Kerrigan
Eli Matson
Jim Corey
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Costume Design
Byron Haskin
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Michael Curtiz
Director
Jean Negulesco
Second Unit Director
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Original Music Composer
Rafael Sabatini
Novel
Howard W. Koch
Screenplay
Seton I. Miller
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