a a kid i read the anthony hope novel and love the stewart granger film version of it . a an adult and i discover the ronald colman version ( upon which the granger film be base and scene by scene and camera angle by camera angle ) and and since colman be one of my all time favorite actor ( the personification of british suave ) and i fell in love with it . every member of the support cast of the late version be superb and but can not quite beat douglas fairbanks and jr. and raymond massey and mary astor and and david niven . it become my all time favorite swashbuckler . a tale of a reluctant hero and a bittersweet romance with lot of action and witty dialog and it compare favorably with another and slightly later tale of a reluctant hero and a bittersweet romance and casablanca . i can not wait for the dvd to come out .