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Directed by Michael Curtiz, Captain Blood is much more than a showcase for one of Hollywood’s legends. The action sequences at sea crackle with excitement (and surprisingly intricate special effects), while the well-navigated narrative, based on a book by adventure novelist Rafael Sabatini, has the fatalistic scope of Charles Dickens.

It is masterfully directed by Michael Curtiz, features a stirring score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, has love interest supplied by Olivia de Havilland and boasts a rousing duel to the death between Flynn and (yes, again) Basil Rathbone. [24 Jul 1987, p.74]

The blueprint for every pirate movie since. [24 Jan 2008, p.28W]

With a spirited and criminally good-looking Australian named Errol Flynn playing the genteel buccaneer to the hilt, the photoplay recaptures the air of high romantic adventure which is so essential to the tale.

Captain Blood, from the Rafael Sabatini novel, is a big picture. It's a spectacle which will establish both Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. Director Michael Curtiz hasn't spared the horses. It's a lavish, swashbuckling saga of the Spanish main.

Flynn's combination of lithe, animal grace, clear-eyed youthfulness, pure English-speaking voice and athletic prowess is irresistible. [01 Nov 1998, p.68]

Lavish pirate adventure that launched Errol Flynn onto 1930's screens and ensured that buckles would be swashed for a good few years to follow.

Michael Curtiz, the most polished of Warner's studio technicians, starts Flynn off royally.

Errol Flynn’s wicked, wicked charm helps keep this high seas adventure afloat.

The 25-year-old Errol Flynn has the smile and dash to shout "All right my hearties, follow me!" as he leaps from his pirate ship to an enemy vessel.