Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

Cortechba Overrated

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Edgar Allan Pooh . . . in this yarn concocted by the GONE WITH THE WIND gang during their lunch breaks. Since Clark Gable was too lazy to "double dip" during his WIND shoot, Warner Bros. cast Errol Flynn to collaborate with WINDERS Olivia DeHavilland, Victor Jory, and Max Steiner. (As Ms. DeHavilland observed, "If you've seen one mustache, you've seen them all.") In DODGE CITY's fractured history, Flynn's Men of Dixie rampage across the North, pillaging bars and fighting against the Death Penalty. These carpetbaggers weasel their way into political power, instituting ruinous tax-and-spend policies which drive widows out of their homes and into the streets. This scalawag mob tramples citizens' Second Amendment Rights, transforming an Open Carry city into what even Flynn's chief henchman labels as "Sissy Town." Our beloved fifty dollar bill Civil War hero Grant morphs here into a stuttering defense lawyer, and fire-trap trains struggle to top 20 mph. Loose women marry the killers of their siblings, as America gets a taste of life under a suddenly victorious Confederacy.

FightingWesterner In the lawless town of Dodge City, Errol Flynn stands up to murderous cattle boss Bruce Cabot and refuses to sell him his livestock. Soon he's the new sheriff and dead set on cleaning up the town, including Cabot and his cronies.One's degree of enjoyment is entirely dependent on how much the viewer buys the casting of Flynn as a rough and tumble western hero. In my opinion, he was certainly handsome and charismatic but not entirely credible. I spent the whole movie trying to figure out what accent he was using! Still, I enjoyed the movie enough to recommend it.Alan Hale and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams were great and stole nearly every scene they were in. The best part of the movie was the much ballyhoo'd saloon scene where Big Boy pretty much incites a riot!

Jem Odewahn DODGE CITY was the first Errol Flynn Western, an attempt by Warner Bros to capitalise on renewed big studio interest in the genre (STAGECOACH was released in the same year)and to sell him in an action role where he wasn't swashbuckling the high seas. It's a decent film, and fans of Flynn and de Havilland should definitely check it out, yet it just feels flat.Perhaps Flynn, who really was a good actor (not just a "pretty boy")didn't yet feel comfortable in buckskin (he would do much better a couple of years later in THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON). Perhaps it is the Technicolour, which looks good, but seems to suck atmosphere out of this Western. Pastel pretty Technicolour tones did not seem to suit Westerns at this stage. I would also have liked to see de Havilland have more scenes. She is gorgeous and plays the plucky heroine very well, yet this great actress was getting stifled by these sorts of roles, even if she did share great chemistry with Flynn. Overall, it's not a bad film, just not a very interesting or different take on the Western.

Petri Pelkonen Errol Flynn rides to his first western in this Technicolor movie from 1939.Michael Curtiz' Dodge City is a fantastic western.Flynn plays Wade Hatton who has to safe the city where violence flourishes.It is ran by the villainous Jeff Surrett (Bruce Cabot).He runs the city with the ways of a dictator telling what to do and what to say.The citizens are helpless until Wade comes to safe the day.There is also a lady along.She's Abbie Irving, played by who else but the wonderful Olivia De Havilland.Soon there might be romance that flourishes.Errol Flynn and Olivia De Havilland work great together in this film as they always did.Whether they were in the Sherwood forest or in a western town, there was always chemistry between them.Bruce Cabot makes a fine villain.Alan Hale brings some comedy to the picture playing Rusty Hart.The brilliant Henry Travers is Dr.Irving.I must also mention the kid Bobs Watson, who plays Harry Cole.The scenes with him are the most moving in this film.I really enjoyed this western story.They should make more movies like this today.