San Antonio (1945)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.2/10   

Director:

David Butler

Escritores:

W.R. Burnett (writer)
Alan Le May (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

29 diciembre 1945 (USA)

Género:

Romance | Del Oeste

Frase comercial:

Strong Men . . . Brave Men . . . Real Americans - and their Women!

Plot:

Tough dance hall girl working for the local villain falls for a cowboy trying to clean up the town. |

Plot Keywords:

Dance Hall | Texas | Stagecoach | San Antonio Texas | Rancher

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Oscars.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Minor western filmed in gorgeous Technicolor...

Reparto

Errol Flynn	...	Clay Hardin
Alexis Smith	...	Jeanne Starr
S.Z. Sakall	...	Sacha Bozic (as S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall)
Victor Francen	...	Legare
Florence Bates	...	Henrietta
John Litel	...	Charlie Bell
Paul Kelly	...	Roy Stuart
Robert Shayne	...	Capt. Morgan
John Alvin	...	Pony Smith
Monte Blue	...	Cleve Andrews
Robert Barrat	...	Col. Johnson
Pedro de Cordoba	...	Ricardo Torreon
Tom Tyler	...	Lafe McWilliams

También conocida como:

San Antonio (Spain) [es]

Duración:

109 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Alemán

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Calabasas, California, USA

Compañía:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Citas:

Clay Hardin: [about the dance] Took me years to pick up.
Jeanne Starr: It must have been the only thing that took you that long.
Clay Hardin: Well, we don't get pretty girls like you down here often. Guess that's why we have to pay for it.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Hollywood Wonderland (1947)

Banda de Sonido:

Gwine to Rune All Night

Minor western filmed in gorgeous Technicolor...

Once it was established that ERROL FLYNN could fit the mold of a western hero (even with his Australian/British accent), his studio wasted no time in putting him through the paces of several westerns, the best of which was DODGE CITY ('39). By the time he did SAN ANTONIO, all the western clichés were pretty well used up, so what we have here is a routine storyline that gives Flynn a chance to play another one of his suave western heroes who romances the local dance hall girl (ALEXIS SMITH) so we get a chance to hear a couple of pretty tunes along the way.

It's a shame that Warners had so little faith in Alexis' singing prowess that they dubbed her voice for the musical interludes. She went on to become an accomplished dancer/singer on Broadway in the years ahead. Nicest number is "Some Sunday Morning" which actually got an Oscar nomination as Best Song.

The usual cast of competent Warner contract players is evident once again: John Litel, S.Z. Sakall, Paul Kelly, Tom Tyler (wasted in a small role), Florence Bates and Victor Francen. Conspicuously missing is Alan Hale, who usually played Flynn's sidekick.

With a jaunty score by Max Steiner (who borrows his own title theme from DODGE CITY), this is the kind of western you've seen many times before, but enhanced by some of the nicest Technicolor and set decorations to be seen in any Warner film of this period.

Errol Flynn fans will enjoy it as one of his lesser excursions into the western genre. Fast moving and breezy entertainment.