Main Cast: Errol Flynn, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn, Alice Kelley, Mildred Natwick
Release Year: 1952
Country: US
Run Time: 81 minutes
Plot
After James Stewart's financial windfall attending his "percentage of profits" deal on Winchester 73, Errol Flynn decided to cash in by making his own deal with Universal Pictures, accepting a moderate fee up front and a huge chunk of the gross for Against All Flags. Set in the 16th century, the film casts 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. Flynn incurs O'Hara's wrath when he rescues a lovely middle-eastern princess (Alice Kelley) from slave traders, but O'Hara still comes to Flynn's aid when he is left to die by Quinn. Flynn and O'Hara team up to thwart Quinn's evil schemes, whereupon it is revealed that Flynn's "disgrace" was a ruse, concocted by the British government to stem pirate activities in Madagascar. Though suffering several injuries during shooting, Errol Flynn was back in his old fighting form in Against All Flags, requiring a double only in a few scattered longshots. The film was poorly remade in 1967 as The King's Pirate, with Doug McClure inadequately filling Errol Flynn's seven-league boots. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Robert Warwick - Capt. Kidd; Harry Cording - Gow; John Alderson - Jonathan Harris; Phil Tully - Jones; Lester Matthews - Sir Cloudsley; Tudor Owen - William the Armourer; Maurice Marsac - Capt. Moisson; James Craven - Capt. Hornsby; James Fairfax - Cruikshank the Barber; Charles Fitzsimmons - Flag Lieutenant; Arthur E. Gould-Porter - Lord Portland; Chuck Hamilton - Pirate; Olaf Hytten - King William; Ethan Laidlaw - Townsman; Keith McConnell - Quartermaster; Paul Newlan - Crop-ear Collins; Bill Radovich - Hassan; Michael Ross - Swaine; Lewis L. Russell - Oxford; Carl Saxe - Pirate; John Anderson - Jonathan Harris
In 1700, British officer Brian Hawke infiltrates a group of pirates located on the coast of Madagascar, and falls in love with pirate captain "Spitfire" Stevens.
