When you look back an actually crunch the numbers, Errol Flynn only made a few swashbucklers in the 30s and 40s, but they were so definitive that they remain the genre for which he is best remembered. He actually made far more in the 1950s, few of which are remembered at all – especially the ones he made for television. This was Errol’s first small screen appearance, an episode of the anthology Screen Director’s Playhouse.
It was helmed by George Waggner, perhaps best remembered for the Wolfman, who actually introduces the episode, and only goes for 30 minutes.
Errol plays the true life French poet Villon, who apparently spent a lot of time in taverns and was a bit of a rogue, so the role suits Errol in this stage of his career. Villon is out to stop an assassination of the French king. There’s a sword fight, a masked ball, a bit of romance. It’s not great; not bad, though. More of interest as a curiosity piece than anything else but it’s not awful by any means.
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