Despite being an Aussie, Warner Brothers had Errol Flynn play in many westerns over the years. Here, in a further effort to confuse the crap out of the audience, the casting gurus at the studio included Hungarian Cuddles Sakal and Belgian Victor Francen in this odd little western. Despite completely off the wall casting, the film is a pretty typical Flynn/Warners effort--worth seeing but not especially memorable.
The film begins with Flynn returning to San Antonio after having been driven away from the evil boss-man, Paul Kelly. Almost EVERY western of the era has a rich boss-man who is intent on running a particularly town, county or state and this one is no different. And, because Flynn is the handsome good guy, you know that by the end of the film he'll have defeated Kelly and his minions AND gotten the girl, Alexis Smith. None of it comes as any surprise at all...but, as usual, the acting and production values are very nice--nice enough that you can excuse Flynn's odd presence.
Decent dialog, a very repetitious theme song which was Oscar-nominated (it was a slow year) and decent acting. This is far from a must-see but also will no doubt please fans of classic Hollywood films.
By the way, the ending with Kelly's defeat is odd. While it looks like he might have died, this was far from certain AND Flynn didn't even bother to check! Odd, very odd.
The film begins with Flynn returning to San Antonio after having been driven away from the evil boss-man, Paul Kelly. Almost EVERY western of the era has a rich boss-man who is intent on running a particularly town, county or state and this one is no different. And, because Flynn is the handsome good guy, you know that by the end of the film he'll have defeated Kelly and his minions AND gotten the girl, Alexis Smith. None of it comes as any surprise at all...but, as usual, the acting and production values are very nice--nice enough that you can excuse Flynn's odd presence.
Decent dialog, a very repetitious theme song which was Oscar-nominated (it was a slow year) and decent acting. This is far from a must-see but also will no doubt please fans of classic Hollywood films.
By the way, the ending with Kelly's defeat is odd. While it looks like he might have died, this was far from certain AND Flynn didn't even bother to check! Odd, very odd.