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Director:
Michael Curtiz
Writer:
Robert Buckner (original screenplay)
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Release Date:
23 March 1940 (USA) more
Tagline:
Go West!...to Virginia City...for excitement, for adventure, for primitive romance!!!
Plot:
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate Prison and is set to Virginia City in Nevada.... more | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
Saddle Up, Swashbuckler
 (From New York Post. 26 August 2008, 1:16 AM, PDT)

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Flynn and Scott more (21 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Errol Flynn ... Captain Kerry Bradford
Miriam Hopkins ... Julia Hayne

Randolph Scott ... Captain Vance Irby

Humphrey Bogart ... John Murrell
Frank McHugh ... Mr. Upjohn
Alan Hale ... Olaf 'Moose' Swenson
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams ... 'Marblehead'
John Litel ... Thomas Marshall
Douglass Dumbrille ... Major Drewery (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Moroni Olsen ... Dr. Robert Cameron
Russell Hicks ... John Armistead
Dickie Jones ... Cobby Gill
Frank Wilcox ... Union Outpost Soldier
Russell Simpson ... Frank Gaylord
Victor Kilian ... Abraham Lincoln
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:121 min | West Germany:105 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White (Sepiatone)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Filming Locations:
Flagstaff, Arizona, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
First film written by Howard Koch, although he didn't get screen credit. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: The Union troops at the outpost were using "Trapdoor" Springfield rifles. 1863 Springfield rifles of Civil War vintage were not converted to trapdoor until 1865/1866. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) more
Soundtrack:
The Battle Cry of Freedom more

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Flynn and Scott, 4 October 2005
9/10
Author: bluedemon24 from United States

I loved this movie even though it is true Boggie was terribly miscast. But Scott is wonderful as the Rebel officer and Flynn is great, even poignant at times as the Union officer, particularly when they had scenes of them in the Rebel POW camp. I also liked Mirima Hopkin's version of "Battle Cry Of Freedom." And the comic relief is actually generates a few laughs. I have always felt Errol Flynn was underrated as an actor. Check out "Objective Burma" and you will see what I mean. It is also hard to find a Civil War movie that is sympathetic to the North back in the 40's and 50's. For some reason, Hollywood always made the South seem so much more gallant and brave. Maybe they were worried about their Soutghern markets.

I am interested in any opinions on this movie.

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