Director: Michael Curtiz

Writer: Robert Buckner

Music by: Max Steiner

Keywords: Western

Dodge City in 1872 is at the end of the line, the railroad terminus to where cattle are driven for transport east. It is also a lawless town, controlled by Boss Surrett and Yancey, his chief henchman. Errol Flynn accepts the job of sheriff in this first of eight westerns. In one memorable scene, one side of the saloon sings Marching Through Georgia and the other picks up with Dixie, during which an enormous brawl erupts, akin to a very similar sequence in Casablanca (1942).

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Monte Blue	Actor	11-Jan-1887	18-Feb-1963	Orphans of the Storm
Ward Bond	Actor	9-Apr-1903	5-Nov-1960	Wagon Train
Bruce Cabot	Actor	20-Apr-1904	3-May-1972	Saved Fay Wray from King Kong
Georgia Caine	Actor	30-Oct-1876	4-Apr-1964	Broadway musical actress
Olivia de Havilland	Actor	1-Jul-1916		Gone With the Wind
Errol Flynn	Actor	20-Jun-1909	14-Oct-1959	Robin Hood
Douglas Fowley	Actor	30-May-1911	21-May-1998	Doc Holliday on TV's Wyatt Earp
Alan Hale, Sr.	Actor	10-Feb-1892	22-Jan-1950	The Adventures of Robin Hood
Charles Halton	Actor	16-Mar-1876	16-Apr-1959	Bespectacled character actor
Gloria Holden	Actor	5-Sep-1908	22-Mar-1991	Dracula's Daughter
Victor Jory	Actor	23-Nov-1902	12-Feb-1982	Cat-Women of the Moon
John Litel	Actor	30-Dec-1892	3-Feb-1972	Two Dollar Bettor
William Lundigan	Actor	12-Jun-1914	20-Dec-1975	Men Into Space
Frank McHugh	Actor	23-May-1898	11-Sep-1981	The Roaring Twenties
Henry O'Neill	Actor	10-Aug-1891	18-May-1961	Anchors Aweigh
Ann Sheridan	Actor	21-Feb-1915	21-Jan-1967	Torrid Zone
Russell Simpson	Actor	17-Jun-1880	12-Dec-1959	The Grapes of Wrath
Henry Travers	Actor	5-Mar-1874	18-Oct-1965	It's a Wonderful Life
Guinn Williams	Actor	26-Apr-1899	6-Jun-1962	Santa Fe Trail
Cora Witherspoon	Actor	5-Jan-1890	17-Nov-1957	The Bank Dick

CAST

Errol Flynn	...   Wade Hatton
with
Olivia de Havilland	...   Abbie Irving
Ann Sheridan	...   Ruby Gilman
Bruce Cabot	...   Jeff Surrett
Frank McHugh	...   Joe Clemens
Alan Hale, Sr.	...   Rusty Hart
and
John Litel	...   Matt Cole
Henry Travers	...   Dr. Irving
Henry O'Neill	...   Col. Dodge
Victor Jory	...   Yancey
William Lundigan	...   Lee Irving
Guinn Williams	...   Tex Baird
Bobs Watson	...   Harry Cole
Gloria Holden	...   Mrs. Cole
Douglas Fowley	...   Munger
Georgia Caine	...   Mrs. Irving
Charles Halton	...   Surrett's Lawyer
Ward Bond	...   Bud Taylor
Cora Witherspoon	...   Mrs. McCoy
Russell Simpson	...   Orth
Monte Blue	...   Barlow

REVIEWS

Review by anonymous (posted on 1-Feb-2007)

Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, with sidekick Alan Hale Sr.. You already have a great cast and a good western story, based very loosly on Wyatt Earp, taming of a wild town. This western had it all train races with a stagecouch, gunfights, wagon train, trail drive, romance. One of the best barroom fights ever. In color and both stars at their best. Errol, brash, cocky, humer in all his looks and hero extrodernare. Olivia just lovely and not ready to let Errol walk all over her. Sit back and watch good clean fun and hollywood at its best.

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