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Dodge City (1939)

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Reviews Counted:9

Fresh:9

Rotten:0

Average Rating:7.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Westerns

Synopsis: Michael Curtiz's epic Western DODGE CITY stars Errol Flynn as Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff who tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line. Flynn brings his trademark dashing... Michael Curtiz's epic Western DODGE CITY stars Errol Flynn as Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff who tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line. Flynn brings his trademark dashing charisma to the role of the justice-seeking sheriff, and Olivia de Havilland is both tough and lovely as Hatton's ally and love interest. The film also features one of the liveliest bar room brawls in cinematic history. [More]

Starring: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Bruce Cabot, Ward Bond

Starring: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Bruce Cabot, Ward Bond, Alan Hale, Ann Sheridan, Frank McHugh, John Litel, Victor Jory, Henry Travers, Henry O'Neill, Guinn Williams, Gloria Holden, William Lundigan, Charles Halton

Director: Michael Curtiz

Director: Michael Curtiz
Producer: Robert Lord
Composer: Max Steiner

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Apr 19, 2005

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  • This is the film that inspired the Mel Brook's classic 'Blazing Saddles.' Classic Warner Brothers Western about a cowboy out to tame the wild west. Famout for a great barroom brawl scene.
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    Top line Warners western w/heroic Errol Flynn's guns blazin'!

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    02/23/08
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    03/25/06
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    Much fun.

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    11/23/05
    Jeffrey Westhoff
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    Conventional western gets lavish Warners treatment

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    10/28/05
    Daniel Eagan
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    No review available.

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    07/17/05
    Emanuel Levy
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    A sprawling epic Western influenced by the Wyatt Earp legend.

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    Dennis Schwartz
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    A well-crafted and perfectly capable western.

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    04/22/05
    Jeremiah Kipp
    Jeremiah Kipp
    Slant Magazine

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

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    04/21/05
    Rory L. Aronsky
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    Lavish super western still works.

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    08/14/03
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