Though I have loved Errol Flynn since I was about 13 years old, I have to admit that "Captain Blood" is not my favorite Flynn film. Errol Flynn had not yet hit his stride, as he would a few years later in "Robin Hood." He is awkward in spots, but his physical beauty and physical grace are breathtaking. Some of the dialog is a bit much ("Bedad, it was epic!"), and Basil Rathbone is a worthy precursor to Snidely Whiplash. I kept expecting him to twirl his mustache! BR always said he admired Flynn and Tyrone Power as actors, but they were not expert swordsmen, as he was, but he always had to lose to them because he was always the villain! In addition, Korngold's score is not in any way comparable to those of "The Adventures of Robin Hood" and "The Sea Hawk." Watch "Captain Blood" as the film that launched a great and ill-fated star, but see Flynn at his best in his later swashbucklers.
Review of Captain Blood
