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The Swashbuckler

Life Sentences Podcast by Caroline Baum

Apr 2, 202642:58Arts

Errol Flynn is still the most famous Australian actor ever to make it big in Hollywood. Best known for athletic and romantic leads in films like Robin Hood, he had lived the life of an entitled boss on plantations in New...

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