Film, TV or Theatrical Adaptations
The well-known 1940 film The Sea Hawk was originally planned as an adaptation of Sabatini's novel, but an entirely different story was substituted under the same title. An adventurous and dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe, played by Errol Flynn, feels that he should pirate Spanish ships for the good of England.
The silent film adaptation of the film from 1924, starring Milton Sills, was fairly faithful to Sabatini's plot.
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