Two Great Swordfights with Basil Rathbone!

One of the great actors of the early period of cinema. He (1892-1967) was born in South Africa and died in New York City. Here he plays two villains and goes up against some serious heroes, Robin Hood (played by Errol Flynn) and Zorro (played by Tyrone Power). Too bad for him. I first saw these classic 'pictures'* ["The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938) and "The Mark of Zorro" (1940)] when I was real young and have loved them ever since.
* That's what my grandmother (b. 1918) calls movies.

Prince of Foxes (1949)

Enter Orson Welles (1915-1985) as Cesare Borgia and Tyrone Power (1914-1958) as his agent. These are two legendary figures in the American movie tradition and this movie is a worthy piece of art on many levels (for example it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design). The movie deals with the political-military life of pre-modern Italy and the designs and covert operations of a playful and deadly notorious warlord (Borgia). Tyrone Power plays a capable and ambitious covert operator [the mob called them button men, because they press your buttons], who is dispatched on a mission that tests the content of his character and eventually sends him on the path of the ba'al teshuvah. This scene comes early on in the movie and sets the stage for the story.