The Master of Ballantrae (1953) DVD

The gleam in his eye matches that of his drawn sword. Errol Flynn, the greatest of all swashbuckling stars, triumphs again in The Master of Ballantrae. Flynn portrays Ballantrae Castle's Jamie Durisdeer, a heroic Highlander-turned-pirate in a colorful version of Robert Louis Stevenson's masterwork of gallantry. William Keighley, who directed Flynn in The Prince and the Pauper and The Adventures of Robin Hood, delayed his retirement from moviemaking to guide this lavish adventure lensed on location in Scotland (including Eilean Donan Castle), the Cornwall section of England and Sicily by two-time Academy Award winner Jack Cardiff. And what a rousing adventure it is. En garde, movie fans!