The Sea Hawk 1940

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 122 min

genre: adventure

theme: swashbuckler

director: Michael Curtiz

Score: 6 / 10

The Sea Hawk is a 1940 American adventure film from Warner Bros. that stars Errol Flynn as an English privateer who defends his nation's interests on the eve of the launch of the Spanish Armada. The film was the tenth collaboration between Flynn and director Michael Curtiz. Its screenplay was written by Howard Koch and Seton I. Miller. The rousing musical score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold is recognized as a high point in his career.

Plot

King Philip II of Spain declares his intention to destroy England as a first step to world conquest, eager to make his empire reach from Northern Europe to China and India. He sends Don Álvarez as his ambassador to allay the suspicions of Queen Elizabeth I about the great armada he is building to invade England. In England, some of the queen's ministers plead with her to build a fleet, which she hesitates to do in order to spare the purses of her subjects.

Cast

More details

author	Howard Koch Seton I. Miller
contentLocation	England
director	Michael Curtiz
editor	George Amy
events	sea piracy
genre	adventure
keywords	armada build capture china and india draw elizabeth i empresa de china galley slave inquisition isthmus of panama king philip ii of spain life imprisonment northern europe philip ii of spain privateer queen elizabeth i sail set up ship spain\'s colonies in the americas spanish armada spanish colonization of the americas spanish inquisition spanish netherlands spanish treasure fleet world conquest
musicBy	Erich Wolfgang Korngold
nomination	Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Special Effects
producer	Hal B. Wallis Henry Blanke
publisher	Warner Bros.
theme	swashbuckler