The Son of Captain Blood The Son of Captain Blood The Son of Captain Blood is a 1962 Italian/Spanish/American international co-production film. It is the first starring role in a film for Sean Flynn, the son of Errol Flynn, 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"). Paramount Pictures released the film in the U.S. in 1964 on a double bill with the Jerry Lewis film "The Patsy". Robert Blood, son of the great Captain Peter Blood is restless
Captain Blood (1935 film) in the United States on December 28, 1935. The film received positive reviews and notices and wide public approval. "Variety", one of the entertainment industry's leading trade publications of the period, also praised many aspects of "Captain Blood". In its review of the film on New Year's Day in 1936, "Variety" does, however, cite weaknesses in the production, especially in its storyline: Despite finding some flaws in the "scripting" of "Captain Blood" and in the presentation of some battle sequencies in the film, "Variety" called Flynn's performance "impressive" and predicted that his work in the production would provide the young