AdventureDramaRomance

The Sea Hawk

- Coming on the winds of Romance

The adventures of Oliver Tressilian, who goes from English gentry to galley slave to captain of a Moorish fighting ship.

Release Date : 1924-06-14

Language :No Language

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Frank Lloyd ProductionsFirst National Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Lionel Tressilian

Original Name : Lloyd Hughes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. Jasper Leigh

Original Name : Wallace Beery

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sir Oliver Tressilian

Original Name : Milton Sills

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady Rosamund Godolphin

Original Name : Enid Bennett

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sir John Killigrew

Original Name : Marc McDermott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peter Godolphin

Original Name : Wallace MacDonald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nick

Original Name : Bert Woodruff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Siren

Original Name : Claire Du Brey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Justice Anthony Baine

Original Name : Lionel Belmore

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Infanta of Spain

Original Name : Christina Montt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Yusuf-Ben-Moktar

Original Name : Albert Prisco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Asad-ed-Din - Basha of Algiers

Original Name : Frank Currier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fenzileh

Original Name : Medea Radzina

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ali

Original Name : Fred DeSilva

Gender : Male

Character Name : Andalusian Slave Girl

Original Name : Kathleen Key

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tsmanni

Original Name : Hector Sarno

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ayoub

Original Name : Robert Bolder

Gender : Male

Character Name : Galley Slave (uncredited)

Original Name : George O'Brien

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marsak

Original Name : William Collier Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain of Asad's Guards

Original Name : S.E. Jennings

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-06-29

Well you don't get much chance to draw breath for the first fifteen minutes of Frank Lloyd's silent interpretation of this exciting seafaring story. "Sir Oliver" (Milton Sills) is sitting by the fireside of his manor house dreaming of his fiancée "Lady Rosamund" (Enid Bennett) when the wheels start to come off his well ordered life. He finds himself wrongly blamed for killing "Godolphin" (Wallace MacDonald) who happens to be her brother and who has actually been bumped off by "Lionel" (Lloyd Hughes) who happens to be the half brother of the poor soul who's now in a lot of trouble! Fleeing seems like the order of the day, but that is just a frying pan to fire exercise as he is captured by the Spaniards and put to the oars of a galley. He's quite a wily fellow, makes some friends amongst the shackled and manages to escape. Once free, he does his own "Count of Monte Cristo" impersonation, becoming "Sakr-el-Bahr" and scaring the wits out of the other seafarers using the high seas to trade. Meantime, a dejected "Rosamund" is facing the prospect of a marriage to the treacherous "Lionel" and when news of their impending nuptials reaches a certain Morrish stronghold, "Sir Oliver" sets off to kidnap the pair. Thing is, she is a beauty and she turns the head of the ageing but clearly still up for it Basha (Frank Currier) so now they must make other arrangements before she heads to his harem... Can they manage to reconcile, deal with their duplicitous relative and make it back to home and hearth in Blighty in one piece? It's a quickly paced and lively swashbuckler this, with some seriously impressive maritime combat scenes with life-sized ships and an astonishing degree of attention to detail amongst the costumes, action and the settings. Sills looks like he's enjoying himself - especially when he gets into his Arab garb and starts a-pirating, and Bennett and the engaging Wallace Beery contribute strongly too. It's a good adventure film, and though there is romance at times it doesn't ever bog down the plot and, indeed, "Lady Rosamund" is just as formidable a character as any of the men.