Dodge City (1939 film)

Dodge City is a 1939 American Western film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Ann Sheridan. Based on a story by Robert Buckner, the film is about a Texas cattle agent who witnesses the brutal lawlessness of Dodge City, Kansas and takes the job of sheriff to clean the town up. Filmed in early Technicolor, Dodge City was one of the highestgrossing movies of the year.

Colonel Dodges friend Wade Hatton Errol Flynn, a lone Irish cowboy who was instrumental in bringing the railroad to Dodge City, is now on his way to the town leading a trek of settlers from the East coast. At Hattons side is his old companion Rusty Alan Hale, who is prepared to stay with him through thick and thin. Among the settlers are beautiful Abbie Irving Olivia de Havilland and her irresponsible brother Lee William Lundigan, who, drunk, causes a stampede which eventually kills him and is shot by Hatton in selfdefense. When the group arrive in Dodge City, Hatton is confronted with the full extent of the anarchy which is dictating everyday life there. Asked by anxious citizensAbbies uncle, Dr. Irving Henry Travers among themto be the new sheriff, Hatton politely declines, saying he is not cut out for this kind of job.Hatton changes his mind when, during a school outing, a young boy, Harry Cole is inadvertently killed by Surrett and his men. The new sheriff and his deputyRusty of coursehave a hard time not just fighting the criminals but also convincing all the farmers who have been wronged by Surrett that mob rule Come on, boys, lets take em out to the plaza is out of the question When Yancey Victor Jory, one of Surretts thugs, is in jail for killing the likable newspaper editor Joe Clemens Frank McHugh, Hatton has to protect him against the furious men outside who, not caring for Yanceys right to a fair trial, want to take the law into their own hands and lynch him right then and there. ........

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