"[3] Flynn decided to make a version of the William Tell story which he would produce with Barry Mahon.

[5] In February 1953 it was announced that Jack Cardiff, who was cinematographer on Crossed Swords with Flynn, would make his directorial debut on the movie and it would be shot in Italy with location footage in Switzerland.

Filming started in June[9][10] and took place on the slopes among Mont Blanc above Courmayeur[11] in the Aosta Valley.

In Cardiff's assistant was Giorgio Pastina who had directed an Italian version of William Tell starring Gino Cervi a number of years previously.

[12] Production ceased in September when the project ran out of funds and creditors seized sets and camera equipment.

"[14] In September 1953 a court in Aosta ordered property held by two companies, one of them Junior Films headed by Flynn, be seized to satisfy creditors claims.

[18] The situation was complicated by the death of his business manager and the revelations that he owed the US government one million dollars.

[21][22] In May 1955 Bruce Cabot sued Flynn in a London court for unpaid salary of £17,357 ($48,599.60) saying he had been promised four weeks' work on the film but did not get it.

[26] In August 1953 Hedda Hopper reported that Patrice Wymore told her Flynn wanted to follow William Tell with another movie directed by Cardiff called Josephine and Poiphar.

Based on the quality of his other European period action films like Captain Fabian, Crossed Swords and The Dark Avenger, I’m not overly optimistic, but the William Tell story is a decent one and with Jack Cardiff at the helm it would have at least looked stunning and no doubt had some decent action.