The previous successful "Valentino", Columbia runs to offer to Anthony Dexter something alike of its roots Portuguese heritage an Iberian adventure about his natural born skills in dancing scenes as did in Valentino, a swashbuckler story on 18th century supposedly in north of Spain bordering France where Napoleon was a devil ruler eager for new territories, it's freely based in Alexander Dumas's twin's brother "The Iron Mask" moved to phony country Mandorra and umbilical alliance with north Africa Marocco.
Then Dexter plays a dual role due his unbelievable resemblance with the King of Mandorra whom spending his time courting girls and learning dancing with her lover, meanwhile Capt. Carlos Delargo is accused of murder in Marocco of the Mandorra's ambassador concerning an previous affair with diplomat's wife with the womanizer Delargo, actually Carlos Delargo has a royal decent, his family were overthrown of the Mandorra's throne in recently time, advised by Prime Minister Triano (Carl Benton Reid) over it the King decides release Delargo in dark hour toward Portugal as escapee.
At Mandorra's court his cousin Prince Ramon (Anthony Quinn) aims to the throne due he is the next in line, thus he settles a plan to kill the King and replace him in order to make another deal with Napoleon, instead the King is wiiling make an alliance with border Kingdom to faces Napoleon in equal terms in a upcoming invasion, the scheme got its effect, however the King survives, not enough to marry in next days, then came up the phony King at Delargo body to impersonate for a couple weeks or so, to hinder the greedy Ramon onslaught at the throne for good.
Sadly the picture aside Dexter-Quinn is a B-picture, largely full of holes on lame screenplay, how someone else could explain no enough security guards at Delargo's chamber when he was easily kidnaped from there by his cousin, also in external shooting a clean landscape on those roads looks like a garden at backyard mansion, implausible storyline just saved by the hero and the villain by the way, frankly I found it impossible to be release on DVD due so low feature, if it come out I'm ready to buy a copy quite sure.
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First watch: 1985 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-Youtube / Rating: 6.5.