In CAPTAIN BLOOD ('35), the rousing final battle sequence with Blood's pirate crew storming French ships used one of the largest technical crews assembled for a film and 2,500 extras, each of whom was personally interviewed by director Michael Curtiz. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

The Sea Hawk is a 1940 American black-and-white swashbuckling adventure film from Warner Bros. that stars Errol Flynn as an English privateer who defends his nation's interests on the eve of the launch of the Spanish Armada. The film was the tenth collaboration between Flynn and director Michael Curtiz. Its screenplay was written by Howard Koch and Seton I. Miller. The rousing musical score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold is recognized as a high point in his career. The film was both an adventure and