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Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh ... see more see more... , Alan Hale , Philip Morris , Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams , John Litel , Douglas Dumbrille , Moroni Olsen , Russell Hicks , Dick Jones , Frank Wilcox , Russell Simpson , Victor Kilian , Charles B. Middleton , Trevor Bardette , Ward Bond , Lane Chandler , Spencer Charters , Harry Cording , Paul Fix , Roy Gordon , Thurston Hall , Charles Halton , Howard Hickman , William Hopper , Reed Howes , Edward Keane , Wilfred Lucas , Sam McDaniel , Walter Miller , Monte Montague , Bud Osborne , Eddie Parker , George Regas , Charles Trowbridge , Brandon Tynan , Yakima Canutt , George Reeves , George Guhl , Tom Dugan

Promoted as a follow-up to the popular 1939 western Dodge City (which, indeed, was left wide open for a sequel in its closing scenes), Virginia City bears only surface resemblance to the earlier film.... read more read more... Indeed, the only discerning links between the two pictures are the western setting and the presence in the cast of Errol Flynn, Frank McHugh, Alan Hale and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. After escaping from a Confederate prison during the Civil War, Union officer Flynn vows to stop a $5,000,000 gold shipment from reaching the South. He is challenged by Southern sympathizer Randolph Scott, whose interest in the gold is patriotic, and by outlaw Humphrey Bogart (complete with a Mexican accent that wouldn't convince a cow), whose interests are purely mercenary. Adding spice to the proceedings is Miriam Hopkins as a dance hall chanteusse-cum-Confederate spy. Better in individual components than sum total, Virginia City pleased the crowds in 1940, assuring that the Tasmanian-born Errol Flynn would continue appearing in westerns in the future. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Unrated, 2 hr. 1 min.

Directed by: Michael Curtiz

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DVD Release Date: August 26, 2008

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  • jjnxn
    January 30, 2010
    jjnxn
    Average western with Flynn strong in the lead, Bogie terribly miscast in one of his last supporting roles, High Sierra and the Maltese Falcon were only a year away. Would have been better if it was a half hour shorter.
  • BantamDraper
    May 26, 2010
    BantamDraper
    This is a confused western. Bogart is in an odd role in a supporting effort. His portrayal of the bandito was hard to get on board with. Flynn was solid but the movie really got bogged down in parts and went on way too long.
  • wilmothoudini
    June 6, 2009
    wilmothoudini
    Fun in parts (I was surprised to the see a stunt here lifted for Indiana Jones - which actually seemed a little ahead of its time in this context). Ultimately too long (2 hours), and Hopkins, much as i like her quirks and love her in comedies, is a little tough to follow, motivat... read moreion-wise. Poor Bogart makes Charlton Heston look good playing a Mexican. Pair this up with The Return of Doctor X for a long and curious evening

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Dennis Schwartz
December 28, 2004
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

A film Bogart would like to forget, as he's saddled with a bad Mexican accent portraying a bandit. Full Review

March 26, 2009
Variety

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Frank S. Nugent
March 25, 2006
Frank S. Nugent, New York Times

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May 24, 2003
Film4

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    • Kerry Bradford: I must go on, this jobs got to be finished.
    • Julia Hayne: I love you darling.
    • Kerry Bradford: That's enough for me. [being told Julia loves him]
    • Kerry Bradford: Some consolation to know that I'm not the first person to be fooled by a woman. [Julia]
    • Vance Irby: [to Murrell] I'll give you 10,000 dollars to do a job for me.
    • Julia Hayne: Have you told ME everything?
    • Julia Hayne: You're in some sort of danger aren't you?
    • Vance Irby: I know what this means to you Julia, but you are the one person that can do it [send Flynn to Vance]
    • Kerry Bradford: I never argue with women, and certainly not one with a gun! [with a rifle to his chest]
    • Kerry Bradford: When I was a boy in Ireland, I thought the same way [badly] about Englishmen.
    • Vance Irby: Theres a Union spy in town. [speaking of Flynn]
    • Kerry Bradford: I want you, your gold and your friends. [on discovering the secret shipment of gold to the South]
    • Vance Irby: They may get me, but thats not important, its the gold thats important.
    • John Murrell: You should remember doctor, its not the first time I was here. [arriving with a bullit in arm]
    • John Murrell: I'm hoping you aren't thinking of collecting this reward [a bounty is on Murrell's head]
    • Dr. Cameron: What do think this is? a sideshow?
    • Vance Irby: 5 million and a thousand miles... [to deliver the gold to the Confederacy in secret]
    • Kerry Bradford: Frankly, I'm not too sure of anything these days. [about Julia Haynes that is]
    • Kerry Bradford: Oh anything, and make it a double. [a drink after seeing Julia on stage]
    • Marblehead: I wonder what she'd do if we had another drink. [picture on the wall of a near nude gal]
    • Vance Irby: What harm can a few southernors do out here [in Virginia City]
    • Kerry Bradford: Don't let him question you, he's [Irby] a Union spy. [speaking to Julia who trusted Irby as a fellow southerner]
    • Kerry Bradford: I believe in predestination.....
    • Kerry Bradford: Now Mr. Murrell, your going to tell your boys playtimes over.
    • Kerry Bradford: You stay there, if you behave yourself I may come back and get you. [left her on a tree limb]
    • Kerry Bradford: I wish you would [fall] I fell ten days ago. [fell in love]
    • Kerry Bradford: The interesting thing is what keeps them here.
    • Kerry Bradford: I've been looking on the other side of mountains all my life.
    • Kerry Bradford: I only understand that we must go seeing each other....
    • Julia Hayne: Promise me we won't ask each other questions until we cross bridges and reach the other side.
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