One of Errol Flynn’s best films, The Sea Hawk features the swashbuckling actor as a British sea captain who is given permission by Queen Elizabeth I (Flora Robson) to commit acts of piracy against the Spanish armada and colonies in the New World.
Elizabeth I, queen of the upstart island nation of England, commissions buccaneer captain Geoffrey Thorpe (Flynn) to harass the Spanish Armada. At a time when Spain dominates Europe, has conquered most of the Americas and is building the greatest naval fleet the world has ever seen, the fate of the tiny nation depends on daring men such as Thorpe and his mission to halt Spain’s global trade. But no one plans on captain Thorpe falling for his hostage, doña Maria (Brenda Marshall), as the love between a pirate and a Spanish lady changes the future of England and the world. Set in the 1580s.
Romance, adventure, and intrigue; lavish costumes and sets; heroes and scoundrels aplenty; and Errol Flynn swinging from ship to ship. What more could you ask for? – Movie Metropolis
In black and white.
Starring Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains.