Errol Flynn,
Olivia de Havilland,
Basil Rathbone,
Lionel Atwill,
Ross Alexander
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When British actor Robert Donat dropped out of Warner Bros. Captain Blood, the studio took a chance on its new contractee, Tasmania-born Errol Flynn. Adapted from the novel by Rafael Sabatini, the fil... read more
DVD Release Date: April 19, 2005
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September 17, 2010If you love pirate movies and the stars of the 30s, you'll enjoy this movie. It has a lot of good actors, it's exciting, and hey it's a pirate movie! How could you not like this movie? Sure, it's not too spectacular, but it's got it's charm. I enjoyed it.
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February 22, 2010Captain Blood marks the star-creating, breakthrough performances of both Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. It's also one of the great epics of early Hollywood. Flynn stars as Doctor Peter Blood, a man who finds himself in prison after treating a wounded man who was injured f... read more
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July 17, 2009Jack Sparrow you say?? hahaha Errol's first big role and a darn good one at that. Looking dashing, your typical cutlass wielding buccaneer, along with the gorgeous Havilland (at her sexiest) and good old basil Rathbone, Blood is a rousing adventure with dueling, romance and some ... read more
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May 9, 2009see this before the remake scheduled for 2011. yeah it's old school, starring a 25 year old unknown named errol flynn. it made him an overnight sensation and he was soon typecast in swashbuckling parts. he wasn't the greatest actor in the world but he made it up with charisma.... read more
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April 27, 2009Not as good as I had hoped for. Stiff upper lip, boring, supposedly a classic, but wasn't making me feel enthralled. There ARE better pirate movies. Fact.
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April 5, 2009Errol Flynn movies are a ton of fun and make my blood pressure higher from all that suspense, but I liked Robin Hood better, and this movie was pretty much Robin Hood minus the hot tights.
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December 5, 2008Captain Blood from 1935 starring Errol Flynn and Olivia De Havilland is a true swash buckling adventure of a classic. Both of these stars are at the early stages of there career and look great and have wonderful chemistry. A true adventure with some romance mixed in....check this... read more
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April 24, 2008michael curtiz slices to the heart of every adventure lover everywhere with a film with more derring-do than has been done at anytime (until danny kaye's "court jester"). errol flynn and olivia de havilland are little remembered anymore but you can see their definitive DNA in an... read more
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June 18, 2007Another hugely enjoyable old school swashbuckler from the legend that was Errol Flynn.
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April 17, 2010Errol Flynn's breakthrough role. Captain Blood is an entertaining tale of an enslaved doctor who escapes with his fellow pirates to become the most feared pirates on the seas. Flynn took Hollywood by storm after this role, and you can see why. He was wonderfully charismatic in hi... read more
Critic Reviews
February 10, 2012
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
June 10, 2008
Variety Staff, Variety
It's a spectacle which will establish both Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. Full Review
March 25, 2006
Andre Sennwald, New York Times
With a spirited and criminally good-looking Australian named Errol Flynn playing the genteel buccaneer to the hilt, the photoplay recaptures the air of high romantic adventure which is so essential to... Full Review
February 10, 2012
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Flynn's star-making swashbuckler is right on target. Full Review
February 10, 2012
Ian Nathan, Empire Magazine
Lavish pirate adventure that launched Errol Flynn onto 1930's screens and ensured that buckles would be swashed for a good few years to follow. Full Review
May 24, 2011
Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy
Crammed full of all the adventure that $1 million in 1935 dollars could buy... It's all so much candy, I guess, but candy made with the utmost precision and attention. Full Review
June 5, 2009
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
It's hard to underestimate its impact at the time, but it's still very effective to this day. Full Review
February 13, 2008
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
The young Errol Flynn shows that he is the perfect swasbuckling hero in Michael Curtiz's enjoyable remake of the 1923 silent; three years later, Flynn made the more impressive Adventures of Robin Hood... Full Review
April 6, 2006
Mark Bourne, DVDJournal.com
...still holds up today as one of those too-good-to-be-true Hollywood success stories. Full Review
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