Set just before the British defeat of the Spanish Armada, Geoffrey Thorpe (Errol Flynn) is a pirate with a tangential association with the British queen (Elizabeth). He attacks Spanish ships. The Spanish aren't too pleased and find a way to capture him. He escapes and warns the queen about the coming invasion.
I find it an enjoyable romp, but I do have that question of rather or not a woman would really fall for a man who attacked the vessel she was on -- especially considering it was a vessel on a diplomatic mission? Oh well, I doubt such a dynamic would be greeted very well in a contemporary film, but it is fine for something filmed in the 1940s.
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