Dodge City
Dodge City is a 1939 American Western film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Ann Sheridan. Based on a story by Robert Buckner, the film is about a Texas cattle agent who witnesses the brutal lawlessness of Dodge City, Kansas and takes the job of sheriff to clean the town up. Filmed in Technicolor, Dodge City was one of the highest-grossing films of the year. This was the 5th of 8 movies that de Havilland and Flynn appeared in together.
Plot
The action of the film starts with Colonel Dodge (Henry O'Neill) arriving on the first train and subsequently opening the new railroad line that links Dodge City with the rest of the world. A few years later, Dodge City has turned into the "longhorn cattle center of the world and wide-open Babylon of the American frontier, packed with settlers, thieves and gunmen—the town that knew no ethics but cash and killing". In particular, it is Jeff Surrett (Bruce Cabot) and his gang who kill, steal, cheat and, generally, control life in Dodge City without ever being brought to justice. Any new sheriff, sworn into office in Dodge, is quickly driven out of town by Surrett and his cronies.
Cast
- Alan Hale
- Ann Sheridan
- Bobs Watson
- Bruce Cabot
- Bud Osborne
- Charles Halton
- Clem Bevans
- Cora Witherspoon
- Douglas Fowley
- Earle Hodgins
- Edward Peil
- Errol Flynn
- Frank McHugh
- Fred Graham
- George Chesebro
- Georgia Caine
- Gloria Holden
- Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
- Guy Wilkerson
- Henry O'Neill
- Henry Travers
- Jack Mower
- John Litel
- Joseph Crehan
- Monte Blue
- Olivia de Havilland
- Pat Flaherty
- Ralph Sanford
- Russell Simpson
- Spencer Charters
- Thurston Hall
- Vera Lewis
- Victor Jory
- Ward Bond
- William Lundigan
More details
| author | Robert Buckner |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Kansas |
| director | Michael Curtiz |
| editor | George Amy |
| genre | western |
| keywords | alan hale sr. american frontier big boy burning car clean colonel dodge east coast everyday life family life fight film star grenville m. dodge henry o\'neill kill longhorn cattle love married new job new life new sheriff open spring texas longhorn train station understand wagon train wait west win young boy |
| musicBy | Max Steiner |
| producer | Hal B. Wallis |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |