The Golden Hawk
"Daring PRIVATEER Meets Notorious LADY PIRATE!"
A 17th-century French pirate sides with an English noblewoman who's posing as a pirate.
Top Cast
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Rhonda Fleming
Captain Rouge
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Sterling Hayden
Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo
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Helena Carter
Blanca de Valdiva
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John Sutton
Captain Luis del Toro
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Paul Cavanagh
Jeremy Smithers
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Michael Ansara
Bernardo Díaz
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Raymond Hatton
Barnaby Stoll
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Alex Montoya
Homado
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Poppy del Vando
Doña Elena (as Poppy A. del Vando)
Overview
A 17th-century French pirate sides with an English noblewoman who's posing as a pirate.
Rating
5.3
/ 10
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1 Reviews
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CinemaSerf5 Nov 12, 2022I'm a fan of the genre - nothing better than a good swashbuckling adventure on the high seas. Well, actually there are plenty better than this rather poor effort. Sterling Hayden is certainly no natural as the eponymous privateer "Kit Gerardo" caught up in the Napoleonic war in the Caribbean. His marauding is perilous, though, particularly once he rescues the feisty "Rouge" (Rhonda Fleming) and discovers that she is also in his line of work - and out to avenge herself on the French. As the warfare hots up, the affianced of the Governor is also apprehended. "Bianca de Valdiva" (Helena Carter) takes a shine to our hero, but he has already taken a shine to "Rouge" but she in turn is trying to get the governor "del Toro" (John Sutton) to catch and hang the man! Still with me? Well, one further complication arises as we discover just why "Kit" is so determined to bring down the governor. To be fair, it does finish strongly with a good hearty battle, but the build up and relentless chatter robs the film of much pace or sense of peril and nobody at all in front of the camera is having a very good - or convincing - day. The production is a bit basic and stage bound which doesn't help, but at the end of the day this is just a let down that has little to redeem it.
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