this film be cite a one of the one that errol flynn felt he give a good performance in and and that assessment be certainly true . he completely play against type in this role a an emotionally restricted man of property and do a fine job . the problem be not in his playing but in the heavily edit screenplay and miscasting . robert young be laughable a the young architect and greer garson too genteel by half for the role of the scheme adulteress irene who freeze soames out eleanor parker would have be ideal for this role and but one get the feeling mgm couldn not allow garson to be the adventuress the role demand because of her image . also and the film lack of the pivotal rape scene that end the marriage in the novel undermines the reason why irene detest soames so much . flynn portrays soames well enough that he could have follow through in such a scene in good form . he do a great job with this character motivation and be still quite handsome . an underrated performance in a so so adaptation of a classic novel .