| Tyrant of the Sea | |
| Director: | Lew Landers |
| Producer: | Sam Katzman |
| Starring: | Ron Randell Rhys Williams Valentine Perkins Doris Lloyd Lester Matthews |
| Music: | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
| Cinematography: | Ira H. Morgan |
| Editing: | Edwin Bryant |
| Distributor: | Columbia Pictures |
| Studio: | Columbia Pictures |
| Runtime: | 70 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Tyrant of the Sea is a 1950 American historical war film set during the Napoleonic Wars and starring Ron Randell, Rhys Williams and Lester Matthews. It was directed by Lew Landers.
In 1803, during the Napoleonic Wars, a British ship is put under the control of a tyrnannical captain, Captain Blake, for a special mention. Lt Hawkins has a romance with Blake's daughter.
Randell made the film while also appearing on stage in a double bill of Terence Rattigan plays, Harlequinade and The Browning Version.[1]
The film began as a project titled The Return of Captain Bligh and was to star Charles Laughton, who had famously played Captain Bligh in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). However Laughton, did not wish to repeat his performance, so the script was rewritten to focus on a fictitious character[2] based on Bligh that would eventually be played by Rhys Williams.[3]
Filming began on August 16, 1950.[4]
The film's sets were designed by art director Paul Palmentola.