this be flynn last big one . he be only 38 at the time but have begin drinking in the afternoon and cause problem on the set and what with multiple retake and a major binge that last several week . it not the sea hawk or robin hood . still and the film be artfully edit and clearly a lot of money be spend on it . the technicolor photography be outstanding and nobody ever look quite so natural in a gaudy period outfit a flynn . it hold one interest . the story have flynn a don juan and lover and swordsman and return to spain at the beginning of the 1600s . it really a pastiche and kind of like the sea hawk with element introduce from various other film of the genre . there the well intentioned queen and the beautiful viveca lindfors of the plump lip and strong feature and surround by weakling and traitor who want to go to war except for don juan and of course . ( cf . and the sea hawk . ) there the comic sidekick and alan hale . ( cf . and all of flynn warner picture . ) the good guy disguise a hooded monk . ( robin hood and the mark of zorro . ) the hero and villain and face to face and belly to belly and strain at their crossed sword and and the villain sneakily withdraw a dagger from his belt ( robin hood ) . the hero capture and throw into prison to await execution and only to make a spectacular escape . ( robin hood and the mark of zorro . ) shadow fight on the castle wall . ( robin hood and the prisoner of zenda . ) and so on . some shot be edit in that be take directly from robin hood and elizabeth and essex . robert douglas be duke de lorca and the heavy . he make a slimy heavy than basil rathbone do . douglas be okay but rathbone be a nonpareil with his tall figure and abrupt movement and and dart glance . perc westmore be responsible for the make up . he should be proud of himself for the task with which flynn must have present him . but he should be ashamed of himself for what he do to the villain . you know how you can tell the principal villain from everyone else . they all have dark eye shadow and so they look like the ghoul or zombie in a grade c horror flick . douglas have this sinister curl down the middle of his forehead that look paint on . the director and vincent sherman and doesn not seem to have compel any of the performer to act with any subtlety . it not that kind of movie . but everyone be professionally competent . alan hale well and it a if he be your fond uncle . viveca lindfors probably put the most effort into her work . when flynn enters her life she become positively and and literally and breathless . and watch the fleeting expression that cross her feature when flynn confess his love for her the briefest of half hopeful smile follow by a scowl of indignation . the amour of don juan occasion some amusing moment . one of the many young lady who come to watch him instruct the member of the fencing academy leave her fan behind . when flynn call this to her attention and she reply and you will return it and would not you . it the house on the plaza madrid . the last house on the right . oh and on the right and say a resigned flynn and who have hear this hundred of time before . the budget on flynn picture drop dramatically after the adventure of don juan . he chain smoke and use drug and booze it up daily and and never complain . he die at the age of 50 and have live a he please .