by 1945 and and after a string of solid wwii propaganda piece and errol flynn ’ s hold over u. s. box office have start to decline so and in spite of the increase burden of wan look and he embark on a series of film pertain to that genre which have earlier make his name represent the swashbuckler . the first of these be a good one actually – adventure of don juan ( 1948 ) – but it also prove to be his last big budget hollywood star vehicle . the rest of his sword wielding day be spent wander all over europe represent in england for kim ( 1950 ) and the master of ballantrae ( 1953 ) and the dark avenger ( 1955 ) and in france for adventure of captain fabian ( 1951 ) and italy for the aborted the story of william tell ( 1953 ) and the little see cross sword ( 1954 ) . however and hollywood do beckon him one last time to his old seafaring way – albeit for a modestly budget universal picture rather than a warner brother ‘ a ’ production to which he have be accustom when at his peak… still and the glorious technicolor cinematography leap off the screen here and and while an old and flabby flynn may look like the pale shadow of his former self and his red head lead lady maureen o ’ hara have a field day a a tomboyish buccaneer leader who deep down craves romance and want to be treat like a lady . anthony quinn be still a few year away from his large than life star vehicle and so here he be typically see a the baddie – the pirate captain roc brasiliano and a role he attack with gusto . like the black shield of falworth ( 1954 ) – a viewing of which precede this one – against all flag take me back to my cherish childhood day of constant tv viewing when vintage hollywood movie be the order of the day on both the local and neighboring italian channel . for all i know and this might well have be the very first pirate movie i ’ ve ever see and i cringe at the thought of today ’ s generation of youngster supposedly believe that the grossly overblown pirate of the caribbean trilogy be what buccaneering be all about . a i say earlier and against all flag might not be the fine pirate yarn ever bring to the screen but it ’ s a solid example of this prolific genre all the same . nowadays and the amorous persistence of the child like indian princess ( alice kelley ) towards her pirate captor flynn may strike one a be awfully silly but the rest of it – despite clearly not scale the height of the sea hawk ( 1940 ) and the black swan ( 1942 ) and to mention the fine seafaring venture of it respective star – be briskly pace and reasonably engage . incidentally and the film would later go on to be remake a the king ’ s pirate ( 1967 ) with doug mcclure . for what it ’ s worth and the unprecedented box office success of that unappetizing modern franchise be most probably what induce reluctant movie studio to dust off their catalogue swashbuckling title and release them on dvd and and a a matter of fact and against all flag itself be the one gem in a poorly think out “ pirate of the golden age movie collection ” set from universal which also consist of obscure dross like buccaneer ’ s girl ( 1950 while with yvonne de carlo ) and doule crossbones ( 1951 while with donald o ’ connor ) and yankee buccaneer ( 1952 while with jeff chandler ) . value for money and perhaps but and so far and i have only acquire the errol flynn flick from other source while even so and if the mood strike me in future and i might wish to lay my hand on similar marine adventure like edward dmytyk ’ s mutiny ( 1952 ) and the afore mention yankee buccaneer and pirate of tortuga ( 1961 ) .