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Crossed Swords Reviews

1954
1 hr 23 mins
Action & Adventure
NR

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Costume romance, affording Errol Flynn his last opportunity to display his prowess with sword and damsel. Francesca: Gina Lollobrigida. Raniero: Cesare Danova. Fulvia: Nadia Gray. Tomasina: Paola Mori. Written and directed by Milton Krims.

Fun-loving Flynn swashbuckles his way through this film that hinges on an archaic Italian law: young bachelors must chose between marriage and a prison term. In addition to this wedding vs. incarceration dilemma the film deals with a plot to overthrow a duke. Lollobrigida convinces Flynn that tying the knot doesn't mean putting an end to his swashbuckling nights, and they agree to marry. A well-behaved directorial approach simply doesn't do justice to the exuberance of Flynn.