The Sea Hawk

The adventures of Oliver Tressilian, who goes from English gentry to galley slave to captain of a Moorish fighting ship.

Cast

Lloyd Hughes

as Lionel Tressilian

Wallace Beery

as Capt. Jasper Leigh

Milton Sills

as Sir Oliver Tressilian

Enid Bennett

as Lady Rosamund Godolphin

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

Christina Montt

as The Infanta of Spain

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Well you don't get much chance to draw breath for the first fifteen minutes of Frank Lloyd's silent interpretation of this exciting seafaring story. "Sir Oliver" (Milton Sills) is sitting by the fireside of his manor house dreaming of his fiancée "Lady Rosamund" (Enid Bennett) when the wheels start ...

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