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San Antonio (1945)

APPROVED 109 min  -  Romance | Western  -   29 December 1945 (USA)
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Tough dance hall girl working for the local villain falls for a cowboy trying to clean up the town.

Writers:

Alan Le May (screenplay), W.R. Burnett (screenplay)
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Cast

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

Clay Hardin is a San Antonio rancher who has been run off his land by cattle rustlers. There's a range war going on and Hardin is determined to get the man behind it all, Roy Stuart. Hardin has been hiding out in Mexico, biding his time and decides the time has come for him to return. He's managed to get hold of one of Stuart's tally books that clearly shows he was selling cattle that didn't belong to him. Stuart and his partner Legare will go to any lengths to stop Hardin before he can put the evidence before a court. Beautiful dance hall performer Jeanne Starr arrives in San Antonio under contract to Stuart and Legare but she is clearly smitten with the handsome Hardin. When the army is called away, Hardin and his supporters are left on their own to defend themselves. Written by garykmcd  

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Plot Keywords:

Cowboy | Dance Hall | Rustler | Rancher | Wild West  | See more »

Taglines:

AMERICA'S MOST GLORIOUS ADVENTURE! (original print ad - all caps) See more »

Genres:

Romance | Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Cidade sem Lei See more »

Filming Locations:

Calabasas, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros. Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Bozic in the film twice refers to riderless horses as 'empty horses'. This is likely to be a reference to director, Michael Curtiz, with whom Errol Flynn had worked on 'The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)'. When wanting to see stray horses wandering through the battle, Curtiz directed the wranglers to "Bring on the empty horses." When David Niven and Flynn cracked up laughing, he responded with: 'You people, you think I know f*ck nothing; I tell you: I know f*ck all". Niven later made this "curtizism" immortal by titling a volume of his autobiography:"Bring on the empty horses." See more »

Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): As he lies dead in Flynn's arms, John Litel blinks at least twice. See more »

Quotes

Jeanne Starr: He called you Clay.
Clay Hardin: Un huh.
Jeanne Starr: Are they going to arrest you?
Clay Hardin: I hope not. That would spoil our whole evening.
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Connections

Referenced in Hollywood Wonderland (1947) See more »

Soundtracks

"Put Your Little Foot Right Out"
(uncredited)
Written by Larry Spier See more »