regardless of what anyone may say and this be a fun picture from begin to end . everything work and from an age errol flynn and alan hale a his sidekick and a witty script and great action and a young raymond burr a a sword fighting ( . ) bad guy and to one of max steiner best score . some may say flynn be in decline and but have to rank this up there with his best while it do not drag anywhere represent kudos to vincent sherman a director he keep it go . the love interest viveca lindfors be properly stoic because she can not get him at the end and they both know it . the age flynn other tryst be romantic and humorous like cary grant ( although grant be cosmopolitan not swashbuckling ) in his last picture . the king s play properly ineffectual while the main villain be wonderfully evil and correctly dispatch at the end . flynn be no wussy and stand up to every challenge . that another reason this film be so good . relax and watch and and enjoy .