''The Son of Captain Blood'' is a 1962 Italian/Spanish/American
international co-production
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film. It is the first starring role in a film for
Sean Flynn, the son of
Errol Flynn
Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian-American actor who achieved worldwide fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles, frequent partnerships with Olivia ...
, who played the title character in the 1935 film ''
Captain Blood''. The film was released in Great Britain in 1963 by Warner-Pathe (in some regions on a double bill with
Hammer's ''
The Scarlet Blade
''The Scarlet Blade'' (released in the United States as ''The Crimson Blade'') is a 1963 British adventure film directed by John Gilling and starring Lionel Jeffries, Oliver Reed, Jack Hedley and June Thorburn.
It is a period drama set du ...
'').
Paramount Pictures released the film in the U.S. in 1964 on a
double bill
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Opera use
Opera ho ...
with the Jerry Lewis film ''
The Patsy''.
Plot
Robert Blood, son of the great Captain Peter Blood, is restless to go to sea when his mother finally gives her consent. Robert is assigned a ship. On board he meets a beautiful young damsel named Abigail. At sea their ship is attacked by the pirate, Malagon, and they are taken prisoner. Malagon is an old enemy of Captain Blood and delights in mistreating Robert. With the help of some of Captain Blood's former shipmates, who are now part of Malagon's crew, Robert takes over Malagon's ship. Now captain of a pirate ship, Robert and his crew come across a slaver ship and rescue some of Robert's servants who have been taken to be sold as slaves. Robert and his men return to his native Jamaica to battle the corrupt authorities. As Robert and his crew win their fight, the
1692 Jamaica earthquake and tidal wave strike the island. Robert and his men rescue his mother and others trapped in a church in
Port Royal. They all survive. In the aftermath, Robert and Abigail are set to marry and live happily ever after.
Cast
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Sean Flynn as Robert Blood
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Alessandra Panaro
Alessandra Panaro (14 December 1939 – 1 May 2019) was an Italian film actress of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Panaro is best known for her films in the early 1960s, notably Luchino Visconti's crime drama '' Rocco e i suoi fratelli'' in 19 ...
as Abigail 'Abby' McBride
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John Kitzmiller
John Kitzmiller (December 4, 1913 – February 23, 1965) was an American actor who worked in his native land, as well as Italy and the United Kingdom. Kitzmiller achieved his greatest fame as a popular and versatile actor in Europe, making an est ...
as Moses
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José Nieto as Capitan De Malagon
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Roberto Camardiel
Roberto Camardiel Escudero (29 November 1917, in Alagón, Zaragoza – 15 June 1989, in Zaragoza) was a Spanish theatre director and actor.
He appeared in ''Culpables'' and ''Bajo el cielo andaluz'' (1960), both directed by Arturo Ruiz-Castill ...
as Oliver Orguelthorpe
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Fernando Sancho
Fernando Sancho Les (7 January 1916 – 31 July 1990) was a Spanish actor.
Biography
He was born in Zaragoza, in Aragon, Spain on 7 January 1916 and died at Hospital Militar Gómez Ulla in Madrid on 31 July 1990 from a liver failure during o ...
as Timothy Thomas
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Ann Todd as Arabella Blood
Production
Flynn tested for the role in May 1961 and the film was announced in September.
Harry Joe Brown
Harry Joe Brown (September 22, 1890 – April 28, 1972) was an American film producer, and earlier a theatre and film director.
Biography
Harry Joe Brown was born in 1890 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a producer, he had a partnership wit ...
originally announced
Casey Robinson
Kenneth Casey Robinson (October 17, 1903 – December 6, 1979) was an American producer and director of mostly B movies and a screenwriter responsible for some of Bette Davis' most revered films. Film critic Richard Corliss once described him ...
would write and
Nathan Juran
Naftuli Hertz "Nathan" Juran (September 1, 1907 – October 23, 2002) was a Romanian film art director, and later film and television director. As an art director, he won the Oscar for Best Art Direction in 1942 for ''How Green Was My Valley'', ...
would direct, but the film was directed by Argentine born Spanish director,
Tulio Demicheli
Tulio Demicheli (born August 15, 1914, Buenos Aires, Argentina - d. May 25, 1992, Madrid, Spain) was an Argentine born Spanish film director, screenwriter and film producer of the classic era.
Born as Armando Bartolomé Demichelli in 1914, ...
.
Several scenes were shot around the
Dénia harbour in Spain respectively the
Gulf of Valencia. Before leaving for Spain, Flynn enlisted stuntman and fellow actor
Jock Mahoney
Jacques Joseph O'Mahoney (February 7, 1919 – December 14, 1989), known professionally as Jock Mahoney, was an American actor and stuntman. He starred in two Action/Adventure television series, ''The Range Rider'' and ''Yancy Derringer''. He ...
who frequently stunt doubled for his father Errol to teach him how to fight, fence, and fall safely and convincingly on screen.
Reception
"The old magic isn't there" said the ''Los Angeles Times''.
Biography
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References
External links
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Story of the Making of the filmat Histories de Tournages
{{DEFAULTSORT:Son of Captain Blood
1962 films
American historical adventure films
Italian historical adventure films
Spanish historical adventure films
1960s historical adventure films
Films set in Jamaica
English-language Italian films
English-language Spanish films
Films directed by Tulio Demicheli
Films set in the 1690s
Paramount Pictures films
Films scored by Gregorio García Segura
1960s English-language films
1960s American films
1960s Italian films