Against All Flags

Errol Flynn vies with Maureen O’Hara for swordplay honors in this tongue-in-cheek pirate yarn. Anthony Quinn. Molvina: Mildred Natwick. Patma: Alice Kelley. Kidd: Robert Warwick. Directed by George Sherman., Set in the 16th century, the film casts Errol Flynn as a British naval officer unjustly condemned for desertion. He escapes punishment and joins Anthony Quinn’s pirate band, wherein he and Quinn vie for the attentions of glamorous female buccaneer Maureen O’Hara., Errol Flynn vies with Maureen O’Hara for swordplay honours in this tongue-in-cheek pirate yarn., Swashbuckling adventure about a dashing British seaman who almost singlehandedly saves the realm from Spanish pirates., British mariner Brian Hawke gets himself flogged, then discharged, so he can trick Madagascan pirates into bringing him on board. Hawke quickly becomes a key member of the villains’ crew, but he doesn’t bargain on falling for sultry female pirate ‘Spitfire’ Stevens.