Fresh
Michael Curtiz, the most polished of Warner's studio technicians, starts Flynn off royally.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Captain Blood
A million dollars worth of adventure!
1935 · 1h 59m · Approved
Adventure
Directed by
Michael Curtiz
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Captain Blood
Overview
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
Director and cast
- Michael Curtiz Director
- Errol Flynn as Dr Peter Blood
- Olivia de Havilland as Arabella Bishop
- Lionel Atwill as Colonel Bishop
- Basil Rathbone as Levasseur
- Ross Alexander as Jeremy Pitt
- Guy Kibbee as Hagthorpe
- Henry Stephenson as Lord Willoughby
- Robert Barrat as Wolverstone
- Hobart Cavanaugh as Dr. Bronson
- Donald Meek Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's a spectacle which will establish both Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
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 the tale.
Andre Sennwald, New York Times
Fresh
The movie that launched both Flynn and the '30s cycle of swashbucklers.
Time Out
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