dodge city ( 1939 ) represent errol flynn and olivia de havilland and bruce cabot and alan hale and frank mchugh and anne sheridan and victor jory and john litel and henry travers and henry oneill and william lundigan and bob watson and guinn williams and gloria holden and georgia cane and douglas fowley and charles halton and ward bond and cora whiterspoon and russell simpson and monte blue and hank bell and clem bevans and george bloom and james burke and nat carr and horace b. carpenter and spencer charter and tom chatterton and richard cramer and jim farley and thurston hall and robert homans and vera lewis and milton kibbee and lilian lawrence and pat omalley and henry otho and francis sayles and guy wikerson . director michael curtiz and screenplay robert buckner . the year 1939 be a big year for movie ( go with the wind and the wizard of oz and goodbye mr. chip ) and this old west film from director michael curtiz be but one of two of his film that be in theater that year to great acclaim while the other be private life of elizabeth and essex with bette davis . errol flynn have achieve hollywood stardom with adventure of robin hood opposite olivia de havilland and who be herself emerge a an actress . hollywood at the onset of world war ii be enamor of flynn and de havilland and they star in various film together . in dodge city and we find ourselves in kansa and 1866 and right after the civil war have end . the small cattle town of dodge city be a lawless and dangerous and unhappy place and control by a corrupt sheriff ( bruce cabot ) . it up to our hero errol flynn ( a wade hatton ) to turn thing around and save the day . olivia de havilland portray his love interest and abbie irving and a beautiful and resourceful prairie bear and breed girl whose brother joe ( frank mchugh ) be reckless and be eventually kill by wade . this put a damper on the relationship between wade and abbie but after she take a job a newspaper writer and spend more time with wade and the two fall in love . before long and the bad guy or guyss be defeat and wade become the town new mayor . this film be possibly bland and predictable next to other western that have stand the test of time ( giant and hondo and how the west be win ) but it have some good aspect and be a beloved western in it day . film in technicolor at a time when it be rare to see film in color and the cinematography ( by sol polito who work for warner bros and for curtiz film be very beautiful and owe to the fact it be film outdoors in kansa like landscape and realistic look set . the music be by max steiner and who work like crazy on dozen of film for warner bros. this film represent a kind of flower of the hollywood studio system and as far a western . errol flynn be superb and olivia de havilland be lovely and there be enough action ( train and stagecoach race and bar fight and gun duel and etc ) to perfectly fit into a classic and high calibre western . if you enjoy errol flynn ( he do his own stunt at a time when no one do ) and olivia de havilland and this film be highly enjoyable . but despite the historic setting and you will not learn much about post civil war america . in fact and the whole thing suffers from stereotype of the old west represent the vulgar but good hearted saloon girl and the good cowboy v the evil sheriff and etc . this be a film that be mean to take you back to the old west purely for entertainment .