A cheap, exciting swashbuckler from Hammer. Christopher Lee flashes a sword instead of fangs as a Spanish pirate stranded on a remote English shore, trying to persuade locals that the Armada has won and the country is under occupation. After much piratical muttering around the inn and tasteful groping of lusty wenches, stalwart character actors organise a resistance movement.
It has a decent premise, fine high-flown acting and a surprising streak of cynicism (the squire and the vicar sell out to the Spaniards). Lee, meanwhile, is ably supported by a shipload of familiar veterans as he takes control of the village.