Too slight to be of much consequence, but worth seeing if only for Toland’s cinematography.

Flynn never had a complex emotion in his life, and Davis and Curtiz know it. The two attempt to let Flynn’s simple-mindedness serve as Essex’s single-mindedness, and it almost works in that final negotiation. But however their attempt fails in the end, Davis turns out a fascinating and faceted performance and Curtiz has the good sense to get out of her way when she’s doing it. When she’s not, he manages some interesting, fun ostentation with shadows and queen-sized sets. But watch it for Davis. The rest is icing.

Suzuki creates a structure so dense it's almost not one, characters, events, emotions, sounds bleeding across the whole thing. No individual moment is protected from the others by anything tougher than an over-ripe peach skin.