Captain Blood (1935 film) was $1,242,000. The lead role was originally offered to Robert Donat, who had starred in the successful 1934 film "The Count of Monte Cristo". The asthmatic Donat turned down the role, concerned that the action sequences would be too strenuous for him. A series of screen tests with various actors led to an unknown Australian actor named Errol Flynn. In January 1935, Warner Bros. signed the young actor and brought him to Hollywood after seeing him in a British B picture "Murder at Monte Carlo". For the female lead role, Jean Muir was originally picked to play opposite Donat, but
Captain Blood (novel) features prominently in Arthur Conan Doyle's novel "Micah Clarke" (1889). In the opening chapter of Arturo Pérez-Reverte's novel "The Club Dumas" (1993), two characters discuss their favourite novel by Sabatini; book dealer Lucas Corso declares his preference for "Captain Blood". Alan Moore's comic book series "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" incorporates many characters from classic books, including Peter Blood as a member of the Pirates' Conference in "The New Traveller's Almanac" (2002–2003). Captain Blood (novel) Captain Blood: His Odyssey is an adventure novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1922. Sabatini was a proponent of basing historical fiction as closely