The movie that launched both Flynn and the '30s cycle of swashbucklers.
– ,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
With a spirited and criminally good-looking Australian named Errol Flynn playing the genteel buccaneer to the hilt, the photoplay recaptures the air of high romantic adventure which is so essential to the tale.
– Andre Sennwald,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
fresh:
It's a spectacle which will establish both Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
10 Jun 2008
fresh:
Michael Curtiz, the most polished of Warner's studio technicians, starts Flynn off royally.