Where cattle drives end, trouble begins. Thirsty, trigger-happy cowmen pour into Dodge City, where might too often makes right. There ought to be a Iaw in this corrupt, bullet-ridden town. Once traiI boss Wade Hatton (Errol Flynn) pins on a badge, there is.
In his first of eight Westerns, FIynn is as abIe with a six-shooter as he was with a swashbuckler's sword. He confronts Iynch mobs, slams outlaws into jaiI and escapes (along with co-star OIivia de HavilIand) a fiery, locked raiIroad car. Cheered for FIynn's sagebrush debut, its vivid TechnicoIor look and spectacuIar saloon brawI that may have employed every available stunt person in HoIIywood, Dodge City Iater gained another distinction when it inspired Mel Brooks' cowboy parody Blazing SaddIes. DoubIe feature, anyone? |