legendary michael curtiz direct a solid western . faultless production and photography . errol flynn star in his first western movie . flynn play wade hutton and a cattleman like the rest of dodge city tire of be under the thumb of the ruthless jeff surrett ( bruce cabot ) . hutton become the sheriff and with the help of abbie irving ( olivia de havilland ) and her newspaper try to corral surrett and his gang in order to bring some peace to town . others in the cast represent alan hale and victor jory and ann sheridan and frank mchugh and ward bond and monte blue . flynn seem to not take the role very seriously even if he do wear the big hat . the script doesn not worry too much about his british accent while but errol always brings with him self assuredness and healthy help of aloofness . dodge city be film in sunny california and mostly around modesto and frisco .