A French baron leads rebels like a Robin Hood, stealing Louis XVI's taxes to give to the poor. He is love with an aristocrat woman, Amelie, whose brother Gaston is determined to catch the thief.
Cast
Willard Parker as Roland, also known as the Baron de Saint-Hermaine
It was Parker's first lead role; he made it on his return from the army.[2] Leslie Brooks was to play a key role but fell ill and was replaced by Janis Carter.[3] Filming started in December 1944.[4]
Reception
Variety said "Film, despite its period setting, is an overdressed cops-and-robbers opera with plenty of flintlock and saber play to provide the major source of interest... Henry Levin's direction strives too hard for swashbuckling effects and while the film-goes at a fast clip, it falls foo casily into hokey lines. Attempts to set off Parker as a superman capable of takine on a dozen adversaries imultaneously often brings titters. Acting is routine."[5]
↑"'Hunk of Man' Parker Cast as Swashbuckler: Metro Captures Warners' Find, Plans Build-up; Robert Duke Lead in 'Faces'". Los Angeles Times. December 11, 1944. p.11.
↑"Illness causes switch in Gauardman leads". The Los Angeles Times. December 16, 1944. p.5.
↑"Willard Parker to Play Lead Role in Columbia's 'The Fighting Guardsman' -- Six Films Due This Week". New York Times. December 11, 1944. p.19.
