Dodge City (1939)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.2/10   

Director:

Michael Curtiz

Guionista:

Robert Buckner (original screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

8 abril 1939 (USA)

Género:

Romance | Del Oeste

Frase comercial:

It's Errol Flynn In His Greatest Role . . . A picture for every red-blooded son and daughter of the stars and stripes !

Plot:

Dodge City. A wide-open cattle town run by Jeff Surrett. Even going on a children's Sunday outing is not a safe thing to do...

Plot Keywords:

Cattle | Outlaw | Sheriff | Railroad | Murder

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Dodge City-Don't Dodge this Film ***1/2

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 9

10:30 PM

TCM

Reparto

Errol Flynn	...	Wade Hatton
Olivia de Havilland	...	Abbie Irving
Ann Sheridan	...	Ruby Gilman
Bruce Cabot	...	Jeff Surrett
Frank McHugh	...	Joe Clemens
Alan Hale	...	Rusty Hart
John Litel	...	Matt Cole
Henry Travers	...	Dr. Irving
Henry O'Neill	...	Col. Dodge
Victor Jory	...	Yancey
William Lundigan	...	Lee Irving
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams	...	Tex Baird
Bobs Watson	...	Harry Cole
Gloria Holden	...	Mrs. Cole
Douglas Fowley	...	Munger

También conocida como:

Dodge, ciudad sin ley (Spain) [es]

Duración:

104 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Australia:PG | West Germany:12 (nf) | Norway:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (re-rating) (1989) | USA:Approved (PCA #4980)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Calabasas, California, USA

Compañía:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivialidades:

The fifth of nine movies made together by Warner Brothers' romantic couple Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn.

Errores:

Continuidad: The Matt Cole's tombstone reads "Died June 6, 1875". Afterward, the sheriff's notices, published by Dodge City Star, read "July 1, 1872".

Citas:

Title Card: Dodge City... rolling in wealth from the great Texas trail-herds... the town that knew no ethics but cash and killing.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in The Making of 'Cape Fear' (2001) (V)

Banda de Sonido:

Oh! Susanna

Dodge City-Don't Dodge this Film ***1/2

Errol Flynn's British accent was showing big-time in this 1939 film but he made the most of it.

This is an exciting film dealing with western expansion following the Civil War. Michael Curtiz's expert directing along with a strong cast and great story make for one interesting film.

We have Bruce Cabot as usual playing a villain. He will purchase cattle but will kill the seller so as to avoid paying. The bodies begin to mount.

After a tragedy befalls a child whose father had been killed by the Cabot character, Flynn, a cattle dealer, decides to clean up the lawless town.

Earlier, we meet Olivia De Havilland with her irresponsible, reckless brother, played by a very young William Lundigan. When his drunken shooting causes a cattle stampede with death (including his own) and destruction ensuing, his sister (Olivia) despises Hatton (Flynn) for firing the shot that ultimately killed her brother.

Ann Sheridan plays a dance hall queen who will cover up for the brutal Cabot. Miss Sheridan's part is wasted here. She has little dialogue but does light up the screen by her singing and dancing.

As Flynn begins to clean up Dodge City, the arrests and shootings mount up to an exciting climax. A bar room brawl is memorably staged in the film.