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Errol Flynn clings to the last few years of his good looks in Montana, before his opium and alcohol addictions sent him to an early grave at the age of 50. Montana seems unintentionally silly to me — it’s all about cattle herders vs sheep herders, a sort of West Side Story for the northern plains. Alexis Smith plays Flynn’s love interest (making you miss Olivia de Havilland) who learns all too late that the man of her dreams is a low-down dirty sheepherder. She turns evil the last half of the movie, even fires a shot into Flynn’s shoulder during a climactic showdown. Unfortunately, the last minute of the movie undoes the tension — Smith runs to Flynn’s side, apologizes, and they live happily ever after. Weak.