La Revolución y Errol Flynn

I found this video on the CBC website while looking around for a special on Cuba I heard on the radio today. In 1959, Errol Flynn went to Cuba to experience The Revolution first hand. It appears that it was big news at the time--Flynn in Cuba, that is--because on Jan. 13, the day of this broadcast, one of the panelists immediately mentions it. I'd never heard anything about it.

During the interview, Errol Flynn says that Fidel Castro, who he considered a friend, would go on to "rank in history as one of the greats." Well, he was right about the first part. I was also amazed by how in 13 short days, the world already knew Castro was a criminal. One of the panelists asks Flynn about summary executions in Cuba. Flynn denies Castro authorized or had any knowledge of them.

Oh Errol, you can't swing out of this one on a chandelier.