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Dodge City (1939)

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This landmark western -- which, along with Stagecoach, has often been credited with revitalizing what had become a stagnant genre -- stars Errol Flynn as Wade Hatton, a cattle man who arrives in the frontier community of Dodge City, which is overrun by footloose cowboys and outlaws. When Hatton helps Dodge City lawmen capture a gang of cattle rustlers led by Jeff Surrett (Bruce Cabot), he's asked to help guide a wagon train into town with his friends Rusty Hart (Alan Hale, Sr.) and Tex Baird

Unrated, 1 hr. 44 min.

Western, Classics

Apr 19, 2005

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All Critics (14) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (0) | DVD (8)

Top line Warners western w/heroic Errol Flynn's guns blazin'!

February 23, 2008 Comment
Video-Reviewmaster.com

Much fun.

November 23, 2005 Comment
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Conventional western gets lavish Warners treatment

October 28, 2005 Comment
Film Journal International

A sprawling epic Western influenced by the Wyatt Earp legend.

July 1, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Dodge City is a surprisingly effective and reliable warhorse, and the miscasting of Errol Flynn doesn't distract from the many great set pieces.

April 22, 2005 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

A well-crafted and perfectly capable western.

April 22, 2005 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

Some disappointment arises with Dodge City: Go West, Errol Flynn which is far too short...

April 21, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
Film Threat

Anything that could be brought to a Western was done so in "Dodge City".

April 21, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
Film Threat

Lavish super western still works.

August 14, 2003 Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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Audience Reviews for Dodge City

Errol goes out West for a gunslinging Tombstone style clean up of new city, Dodge City. I'm not totally keen on westerns to be honest, apart from afew Eastwood pictures they just aren't my thing. Like all westerns of this era they do look kinda quaint and too charming, not very realistic compared to more later westerns

July 14, 2009
phubbs1

Super Reviewer

Errol Flynn proves he's just as adept with a six gun as a sword in this classic western that reunited him with Olivia De Havilland and Michael Curtiz. Rousing gun fights, bar room brawls and knockabout comedy shot in glorious technicolor.

June 18, 2007
garyX
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