Adventures of Don Juan Reviews

ERROL FLYNN, duh. Adventure, thrills, sword fights, and he is Don Juan; The ever popular seducer of women.

Starring the great Errol Flynn (who else?), with his usual sidekick, Alan Hale, and Vivica Lindfors. A clever, witty, entertaining drama in which Flynn saves the queen from an evil would-be usurper. At the end of the movie, his latest very young real life lover has a cameo, and then comes the great ending line.

It's Errol flynn and the men in tights. It's also everything you'd expect from a Flynn movie.

The idea of Don Juan as a romantic comedy-action movie is so offensively absurd, so contrary to literary sense, that it's a wonder this movie could ever have been thought a good idea even by its writer! Despite my outrage, I found this movie impossible not to like just a little bit. The movie looks good in every visual aspect and is well performed, but it has to rank among the all-time top two or three worst ideas for a major Hollywood motion picture.

Some men shut their eyes and dream and some men open them and hope

Don Juan is a legend and known for traveling the word and seducing women. Generally, the women he seduces are married or engaged so his reputation is not held in high regard by his fellow Spanish countrymen. When Don is deported back to Spain, he is required to befriend the queen to clear his reputation and earn his freedom. The queen sends him on several tasks, one of which may save the country from a potential conqueror.

"We should never close our eyes to beauty."

Vincent Sherman, director of Savage in the Orient, Lady of the House, A Fever in the Blood, Affair in Trinidad, and The Man Who Talked Too Much, delivers The Adventure of Don Juan. The storyline for this picture is very interesting and well paced. The action scenes are solid, the script is well written and well delivered, and the acting by Errol Flynn is awesome. The cast as a whole delivers solid performances and includes Flynn, Ann Rutherford, and Viveca Lindfors.

"You put it bluntly but with a certain degree of accuracy."

The Adventure of Don Juan is a film that I was inspired to see after viewing Black Swan, a similar swashbuckling picture that was released during this time period. The first Errol Flynn movie I ever saw was Green Light, which was greatly disappointing; however, this movie definitely righted that ship. I adored this movie from beginning to the end. This picture truly displayed Flynn's greatness and flare. I strongly recommend seeing this movie.

"The shepherd may change but the sheep remain the same."

Grade: A

This was a good fun sword fighting period film. Nice color and a well written script. It also had a young Allen Hale who was the Skipper from Gilligans Island and a young Raymond Burr. It's a good introduction to an Errol Flynn movie if you haven't seen one yet. I give it a solid B minus

"My dear friend, there's a little bit of Don Juan in every man, and since I am Don Juan, there must be more of it in me!"

[i]Adventures of Don Juan[/i] was the last of the great swashbuckling classics Errol Flynn would star in. Though Flynn isn't exactly in his prime here, nobody was ever better as the dashing devil may-care swashbuckling hero! Once again Flynn is reunited with his greatest screen sidekick Alan Hale, who is a delight. Viveca Lindfors plays the Queen with grace and a strong will and her beauty further enhances her performance. Robert Douglas is no Basil Rathbone but he still makes a fine villain. The score by Max Steiner is very fast paced and exciting and the duel between Flynn and Douglas is also nicely staged. All in all this is a truly entertaining adventure with Flynn as dashing and heroic as only he could be!

ERROL FLYNN HAS A GREAT TIME MOCKING HIMSELF IN THE EXCITING AND FUN SWASHBUCKLER. NICELY FILMED, GOOD SUPPORTING CAST.