Captain Blood

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Prince turned pirate to fight the king’s armada and win a woman’s kiss!

Synopsis

Captain Blood (1935) follows an Irish doctor who is arrested for treating a wounded rebel and sentenced to slavery in the Caribbean. As he leads a daring escape with fellow prisoners and seizes a ship, he turns to piracy while confronting rival forces and navigating shifting alliances at sea. This swashbuckling adventure develops mounting pressure and shifting loyalties, with freedom, justice, and personal code shaping events.

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Extras
Criterion box art
Criterion BD-A 4K/US 2026
Warner box art
Warner DVD-1/US/OOP 2005
Audio Commentary by Alan K. Rode has extra
Introduction by Leonard Maltin (3:11) has extra
“Captain Blood”: A Swahsbuckler is Born (23:02) has extra has extra
Lux Radio Theatre: “Captain Blood” - With Actors Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Basil Rathbone (1937, 58:55) has extra has extra
Newsreel (2:44) has extra
Theatrical Trailer has extra has extra
“All-American Drawback” (Short, 1935, 11:08) has extra
“Billboard Frolics” (Animated Short, 1935, 6:35) has extra
“Johnny Green and his Orchestra” (Short, 1935, 10:34) has extra
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Notes

  • Criterion’s 4K UHD includes a booklet with writing by Farran Smith Nehme (“A Pirate is Born”). The included Blu-ray is also available separately with booklet.
  • Warner’s DVD is also available in the “Errol Flynn: The Signature Collection” box set.

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