Radio review – SDP – “The Fighting O’Flynn” (1950) **

As Jeffrey Richards pointed out in his history of swashbucklers, filmmakers tended to steer clear of Irish settings for action movies out of fear of offending the British market. This one gets around it by having an Irish hero fighting against Napoleon in Ireland. Douglas Fairbanks Jnr is accomplished in the lead role, even with an Irish accent (surely they wanted Errol Flynn) – he has a beautiful speaking voice. He has a dreadful female co-star.