i would love to be able to say i love dodge city and but to be honest i can not . the film get a lot go for it wisecrack script and bright colour and great music and and moment of sudden shocking darkness amid a generally easy go plot but while it pretty good and it isn not errol flynn fine hour and and it isn not among the great western either . enjoy yes while love no . this be flynn first western and and he doesn not really look at home among the grizzle cast represent he too fair skin for that weatherbeaten crew and too well groom in a world of straggly facial hair ( the trademark flynn pencil moustache isn not really appropriate here ) and too neatly dress to fit in with the rest of the town and and a somewhat self conscious grin have a tendency to turn up at inappropriate moment ( a he disclaim the role of sheriff and for example ) and suggest that he be not entirely certain of himself in the part . a whole hearted flashing smile be in evidence for the comedy scene and on the other hand and which be probably the film strong point represent a quality script be match by flynn own natural aptitude for mischief and and by a transparently genuine bond between him and alan hale and guinn williams a a cheerful scene steal threesome . consider a a western and dodge city be admittedly a ripe collection of clichés and from the gold spike drive into the final sleeper to the cattle stampede and the villain threaten the crusade journalist and the lynch mob at the jail and the dance hall queen and the poker game and the corrupt saloon owner and the horse gallop alongside the speeding train and the men clamber over it roof . the list go on and on and with very little original in it save oddly enough for the involvement of abigail irving . the tragedy at the beginning that antagonise de havilland character from flynn be not out of the standard wagon train story and and the sequence where abbie find herself employment a a columnist in a newspaper office to the disapproval of wade and of her uncle and and everyone else be among the most striking in the film . it odd and because this picture isn not an especially good vehicle for olivia de havilland while her character be completely waste during the final showdown ( despite be the only one to notice what be go on and she be use simply a a liability to the men ) and she have relatively little screen time compare to the male trio and and with the exception of the newspaper office scene and the character have little to do save look pretty . it be to miss de havilland credit that she manage to make a much of it a she do . dodge city doesn not boast a particularly complicate morality and a particularly nail biting plot or a particularly rich set of characterisation . for all it technicolor and a list casting and it at heart a b movie writ large and from the era when saturday morning horse opera serial be standard fare and big budget western be just take off represent the next thirty year would produce some classic of the genre and but this isn not one of them . it amiable enough and but errol flynn never look quite right under a cowboy hat and and the part isn not really tailor to his strength he and de havilland would do good in their final western picture together and they die with their boot on and a the arrogant and talented and colourful and insubordinate general custer and libby and his strong minded wife . to the viewer who like western and this be a glossy and entertaining example while to the viewer who like flynn and there be a sufficient dose of humour and romance . but i have to admit that this particular film probably isn not go to win over convert from those not already that way incline .