Somehow, I've never gotten around to watching this entire movie. The score is justifiably famous and it adds a lot. It's pretty well known that Korngold's score for this and some other shows were a huge inspiration for John Williams' Star Wars score. I got to know the music when our high school marching band played an arrangement of the opening title music from this movie. Dad must have jumped on that when it was made available.
The movie is really good with Flynn being at the top of his swashbuckling game--hey, it's practically Robin Hood at Sea! The film has more WW2 propaganda elements than I was expecting; Spain's menace is a good stand-in for Nazi Germany.
The rest of the cast is great Claude Rains and Flora Robson being the supporting cast standouts. Brenda Marshall, who's adorable, does what she can with a thinly written part as the romantic interest.
The movie looks great with expensive-looking sets and impressive effects (for 1940!) during the battle scenes.
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