6 thoughts on “TBT: Seven Seas to Calais (1962)

  1. I really haven’t stopped laughing at how preposterous this whole movie is/was. Why even Elizabeth Gloriana is off. The opening pic shows grey not red hair….
    You get the picture.
    Thanks for the cheering up. I’ve got relatives who were effected by Harvey.

  2. That Arabella girl must have time traveled, her makeup and hair tell as much.
    Swashbuckling staff is my guilty pleasure, I just love watching both the epic sword fights and how the heroes miraculously stay well-coiffed and splendidly clothed even when chasing through the woods or living in a humble hut (wish I had such untouchably groomed hair after morning travel to the office, yeah). My favourites are French swashbuckers with Jean Marais – Le Bossu (The Hunchback), The Captain, The Miracle of Wolves and Secrets of Paris. Kind of a beautiful escapism with good deal of giggling along the way.

  3. I think compared to contemporary Italian productions, that one was really authentic and the ating was really decent. I noticed that once all left the room and Drake (Rod Taylor) closed the room to be alone with the queen – that was a strange hint.
    Mario Girotti (later Terence Hill) in a typical role of that stage of his Long career as a innocent terrible youngster Barbington. One year later he had a bigger role in “The Leopard”.
    The Story is laughable and the ships are not better.

  4. While I agree with you, I don’t like historical movies or miniseries that change the facts around for the sake of adding drama. A well written screenplay doesn’t need padding and certainly there was enough drama and adventures to do 10 movies, but it wasn’t about Sir Walter Raleigh. It was about Sir Francis Drake.

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