The Sea Hawk

The Sea Hawk is a 1924 American silent adventure film about an English noble sold into slavery who escapes and turns himself into a pirate king. Directed by Frank Lloyd, the screen adaptation was written by J. G. Hawks based upon the 1915 Rafael Sabatini novel of the same name. It premiered on June 2, 1924, in New York City, twelve days before its theatrical debut. Plot At the instigation of his half brother Lionel (Lloyd Hughes), Oliver Tressilian (Milton Sills), a wealthy baronet, is shanghaied and blamed for the death of Peter Godolphin (Wallace MacDonald), brother of Oliver's fiancée, whom Lionel actually has slain. At sea Oliver is captured by Spaniards and made a galley slave, but when he escapes to the Moors he becomes Sakr-el-Bahr, the scourge of Christendom. Learning of Rosamund's (Enid Bennett) impending marriage to his half brother, he kidnaps both of them, but to avoid the risk of giving her to Asad-ed-Din (Frank Currier), the Basha of Algiers, he surrenders to a British ship. Rosamund intercedes to save his life, and following the death of Lionel they are married. Cast Milton Sills as Sir Oliver Tressilian Enid Bennett as Lady Rosamund Godolphin Lloyd Hughes as Lionel Tressilian Wallace Beery as Capt. Jasper Leigh Marc McDermott as Sir John Killigrew Wallace MacDonald as Peter Godolphin Bert Woodruff as Nick Claire Du Brey as Siren Lionel Belmore as Justice Anthony Baine Cristina Montt as The Infanta of Spain Albert Prisco as Yusuf-Ben-Moktar Frank Currier as Asad-ed-Din William Collier Jr. as Marsak Medea Radzina as Fenzileh Fred DeSilva as Ali Kathleen Key as Andalusian Slave Girl Hector Sarno as Tsmanni Robert Bolder as Ayoub Fred Spencer as Boatswain S.E. Jennings as Captain of Asad's Guards Henry A. Barrows as Bishop (uncredited) Carl D. Bruner as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) Edwards Davis as Chief Justice of England (uncredited) Andrew Johnston as Sir Walter (uncredited) Theodore Lorch as Turkish Merchant (uncredited) Louis Morrison as Innkeeper (uncredited) George O'Brien as Galley Slave (uncredited) Kate Price as Innkeeper's Wife (uncredited) George Romain as Spanish Commander (uncredited) Walter Wilkinson as Oliver's Young Son (uncredited) Nancy Zann as Spanish Slave Girl (uncredited)