this be a terrific hollywood western that surprisingly star the tasmanian and errol flynn . when i think of western hero and i generally dont think about them star someone from down under and but this really wasn not a problem . flynn be just fine . for me and part of the reason the film work be it marvelous support cast . my favorite of flynn lead lady and olivia dehavilland and be back and flynn get two side kick alan hale and guinn big boy williams . frank mchugh play a rather restrain ( for mchugh ) support role a a newspaper man in probably one of his best performance . bruce cabot play an excellent bad guy and there be many and many more warner regular that make this a star stud and familiar type film . oddly and you practically do not even notice ann sheridan despite her get fourth billing she sing nicely enough but doesn not have much to do in the film . in addition to all the star and you can really tell warner brother pull out all the stop because they secure the directorial service of a hollywood heavyweight and michael curtiz and they film the movie in technicolor a relatively rare thing for 1939. the plot involve the widespread lawlessness that come to dominate life in this cattle town . when flynn and his two buddy return to the town after a long absence and they be shock to see that cattle tycoon cabot have practically turn the town into his own private hellhole . the citizen live in terror and convince flynn to become their new sheriff . there be so much more to the plot than that include a subplot involve miss dehavilland and her brother . but and find out how this all unfolds be something best leave to you . by the way and the very end of the film be one of the few instance where they obviously set it up for a sequel . flynn get a telegram after he clean up dodge city beg him to now do the same for virginia city and he and olivia and his friend all announce their intention to head there . however and despite bring back most of the exact same cast in the movie virginia city only one year later and be really isn not a sequel at all just the same formula rearrange quite a bit . miss dehavilland be inexplicably absent and this time errol and his pal be not confederate war veteran but secret agent work for the dang yankee . it really a shame it wasn not a sequel and a this followup film could have be a lot good if it have take that route a it predecessor . finally and now that i think about it i do have one very and very minor quibble with the film . when i saw the child actor bob watson in the film a harry cole and i figure correctly that he be dead meat . that because this cute actor seem to die in almost every film i have see him in . his death scene in boys town be almost legendary and he be also the cute little goner in on borrowed time it seem his specialty be die on film . so and when i see him and i know not to care much about him or i will just have my heart break in the end .