Per Vanity Fair, Errol Flynn’s career began to falter in the 1950s, especially following unsavory allegations of statutory rape, and the former leading man was soon attracting smaller fees on his acting projects. However, what ended up being Flynn’s “undoing” was his involvement with the ill-fated film The Story of William Tell. Flynn personally paid for half of the film’s total budget, which was an estimated $860,000. When adjusted for inflation, the total comes to nearly $8.5 million. The movie never ended up being completed after the cost of production ballooned so much that creditors started seizing everything from the equipment on set to Flynn’s car and home furniture.

According to the BBC, Flynn’s losses, coupled with his extravagant lifestyle, meant that he started racking up debt. In an effort to retrench, he had planned to sell his yacht, the Zaca, to Canadian businessman George Caldough. While in Vancouver, British Columbia, for the meeting in 1959, Flynn sadly suffered a heart attack and died at just 50 years old.

After adjusting for inflation, Flynn had an estimated $10 million net worth when he died, according to Celebrity Net Worth.