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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 Marthe Latham | |
| James Stephenson | ... | Abbott | |
| Gilbert Roland | ... | Captain Lopez | |
| William Lundigan | ... | Danny Logan | |
| Julien Mitchell | ... | Oliver Scott | |
| Montagu Love | ... | King Phillip II | |
| J.M. Kerrigan | ... | Eli Matson | |
| David Bruce | ... | Martin Burke | |
| Clifford Brooke | ... | William Tuttle | |
| Clyde Cook | ... | Walter Boggs | |
| Fritz Leiber | ... | Inquisitor | |
| Ellis Irving | ... | Monty Preston | |
| Francis McDonald | ... | Samuel Kroner | |
| Pedro de Cordoba | ... | Captain Mendoza | |
| Ian Keith | ... | Peralta | |
| Jack La Rue | ... | Lieutenant Ortega (as Jack LaRue) | |
| Halliwell Hobbes | ... | Astronomer | |
| Alec Craig | ... | Judocus Hondins - The chartmaker | |
| Victor Varconi | ... | General Aguirre | |
| Robert Warwick | ... | Captain Frobisher | |
| Harry Cording | ... | Slavemaster | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Herbert Anderson | ... | Eph Winters (uncredited) | |
| Mary Anderson | ... | Maid of Honor (uncredited) | |
| Whit Bissell | ... | Gate guard at Palace entrance (uncredited) | |
| Edgar Buchanan | ... | Ben Rollins (uncredited) | |
| J.W. Cody | ... | Whipper (uncredited) | |
| Maurice Costello | ... | Man Carrying Spear (uncredited) | |
| Michael Harvey | ... | Sea Hawk (uncredited) | |
| Leyland Hodgson | ... | Officer (uncredited) | |
| Charles Irwin | ... | Arnold Cross (uncredited) | |
| Dave Kashner | ... | Whipper (uncredited) | |
| Colin Kenny | ... | Officer (uncredited) | |
| Crauford Kent | ... | Lieutenant (uncredited) | |
| Frank Lackteen | ... | Captain Ortiz (uncredited) | |
| Lester Matthews | ... | Guard Officer (uncredited) | |
| Art Miles | ... | Drum beater (uncredited) | |
| Gerald Mohr | ... | Spanish Messenger (uncredited) | |
| Leonard Mudie | ... | Castle Sentry (uncredited) | |
| Nestor Paiva | ... | Slavemaster (uncredited) | |
| Elizabeth Sifton | ... | Maid of Honor (uncredited) | |
| Harry Silversmith | ... | Native (uncredited) | |
| John Sutton | ... | Captain of the Guard (uncredited) | |
| David Thursby | ... | Driver (uncredited) | |
| Anthony Warde | ... | Whipper (uncredited) | |
| Frank Wilcox | ... | Martin Barrett (uncredited) | |
| Frederick Worlock | ... | Darnell (uncredited) | |
| Harry Worth | ... | Spanish Officer (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Michael Curtiz | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Howard Koch | (screenplay) and | |
| Seton I. Miller | (screenplay) | |
Produced by | |||
| Henry Blanke | .... | associate producer | |
| Hal B. Wallis | .... | executive producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Erich Wolfgang Korngold | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Sol Polito | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| George Amy | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Anton Grot | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Orry-Kelly | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Perc Westmore | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Jack L. Warner | .... | in charge of production | |
| Frank Mattison | .... | unit manager (uncredited) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Jack Sullivan | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
Art Department | |||
| Leo K. Kuter | .... | assistant art director (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Francis J. Scheid | .... | sound | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Byron Haskin | .... | special effects | |
| Hans F. Koenekamp | .... | special effects (as H.F. Koenekamp) | |
Stunts | |||
| Ned Davenport | .... | fencing double (uncredited) | |
| Ralph Faulkner | .... | fencing double (uncredited) | |
| Harry Froboess | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Don Turner | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Buster Wiles | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Leo F. Forbstein | .... | musical director | |
| Hugo Friedhofer | .... | orchestrator | |
| Ray Heindorf | .... | orchestrator | |
| Howard Koch | .... | lyricist: songs | |
| Milan Roder | .... | orchestrator | |
| Simon Bucharoff | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Jo Graham | .... | dialogue director | |
| Ali Hubert | .... | technical advisor | |
| William Kiel | .... | technical advisor | |
| Thomas Manners | .... | technical advisor | |
| Fred Cavens | .... | fencing master (uncredited) | |
| Ralph Faulkner | .... | fight choreographer (uncredited) | |
| Robert Foulk | .... | dialogue director (uncredited) | |
| Georg Rothkegel | .... | german version dubbing director/german dialogue 1949 (uncredited) | |
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This is definitely an Errol Flynn classic, meaning one of his best films and the charismatic star of the mid-'30s to mid-'40s did a number of entertaining ones. He's best known - on screen, that is - as a swordsman from his "Captain Blood" and "Adventures of Robin Hood" days, but he also was terrific as boxer James J. Corbett in "Gentlemen Jim" and as western star "Wade Hatton" in "Dodge City."
He's great here as pirate "Geoffrey Thorpe" and what makes this pirate movie different is that half of the action scenes are on land, not sea. (They on are on island, or back in the castle of Queen Elizabeth). Flynn captains "The Albatross" and is a privateering ship captain for her Majesty the queen in the 1500s. They are battling the Spanish in this story. The real bad guys are some of the turncoats in Elizabeth's court.
The film is interesting even with its length of over two hours. It keeps a good balance of drama, action, romance and suspense, never overdoing any of those.
While it's hard to beat the entertainment duo of Director Michael Curtiz and actor Flynn, Brenda Marshall as "Doria Maria," Thorpe's love interest, doesn't quite cut it. Olivia de Havilland usually played his female interest, and - although that doesn't require she play in every Flynn movie - they could have found someone more attractive and likable than Marshall who, justifiably, had a thin career. Her casting in here is a big mystery to me.
Whatever, Flora Robson was fun to watch as "Queen Elizabeth." Claude Rains and Henry Daniell played their normal bad-guy roles well and Thorpe's crew, led by Flynn's best friend Alan Hale, are all entertaining guys.
I enjoyed the sepia-tone sequence when Flynn and the boys go for the gold on the Panama island. That was a nice, little visual twist to this black-and-white movie..
Not to be left out is the sweeping score, under the direction of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, which is one of the more magnificent ones you'll hear in a classic film.