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Virginia City

6.1

Released March 23, 1940Runtime 2h 1min

Go West!...to Virginia City...for excitement, for adventure, for primitive romance!!!

Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit, each with their own stake in the loot, stand in his way.

Genres

Western

Action

Romance

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $1,179,000
Revenue: $2,372,567
Profit/Loss: $1,193,567

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Cast

Errol FlynnKerry Bradford

Miriam HopkinsJulia Hayne

Randolph ScottVance Irby

Humphrey BogartJohn Murrell

Frank McHughMr. Upjohn

Alan HaleOlaf Swenson

Guinn "Big Boy" WilliamsMarblehead

John LitelMarshall

Douglass DumbrilleMaj. Drewery

Moroni OlsenCameron

Russell HicksArmistead

Dickie JonesCobby

Frank WilcoxUnion Soldier

Russell SimpsonGaylord

Victor KilianAbraham Lincoln

Charles MiddletonJefferson Davis

Trevor BardetteUnion Fanatic with Knife (uncredited)

Hank BellBarfly (uncredited)

Ward BondConfederate Sergeant Checking Passengers (uncredited)

Roy BuckoBarfly (uncredited)

Lane ChandlerIrby's Orderly at Libby (uncredited)

Spencer ChartersSazerac Saloon Bartender (uncredited)

George ChesebroSoutherner (uncredited)

Tex CooperTownsman (uncredited)

Ben CorbettBarfly (uncredited)

Harry CordingScarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)

Claire Du BreySouthern Woman with Rifle (uncredited)

Tom DuganSaloon Spieler (uncredited)

Jim FarleySoutherner (uncredited)

Paul FixMurrell's Henchman (uncredited)

Roy GordonMaj. Gen. Taylor (uncredited)

George GuhlSazerac Saloon Bartender #2 (uncredited)

Henry HallUnion Officer (uncredited)

Thurston HallGen. George Meade (uncredited)

Charles HaltonRalston - Virginia City Banker (uncredited)

Chick HannanBarfly (uncredited)

John HarronUnion Lieutenant (uncredited)

Al HaskellGuerrilla (uncredited)

Howard HickmanConfederate Gen. Page (uncredited)

Max Hoffman Jr.Union Sergeant (uncredited)

Robert HomansSoutherner (uncredited)

William HopperLieutenant Reporting Murrell's Attack (uncredited)

Reed HowesUnion Sergeant on Horse (uncredited)

Edward KeaneOfficer (uncredited)

Jack KennyBarfly (uncredited)

Bernard L. KowalskiExtra (uncredited)

Ethan LaidlawUnion Soldier (uncredited)

Wilfred LucasSoutherner (uncredited)

Sam McDanielSam Moore - Black Driver (uncredited)

Robert MilaschTownsman (uncredited)

Walter MillerSergeant in Saloon Reporting Irby's Whereabouts (uncredited)

Frank MillsPrisoner at Libby Prison (uncredited)

Shirley MillsCrying Young Southern Girl (uncredited)

Art MixSoutherner (uncredited)

Kansas MoehringTownsman (uncredited)

Monte MontagueWells Fargo Stage Driver (uncredited)

Philip MorrisConfederate Sentry (uncredited)

Jack MowerOutpost Officer (uncredited)

Wedgwood NowellProsecuting Officer (uncredited)

Artie OrtegoGuerrilla (uncredited)

Bud OsborneTed - Stage Driver (uncredited)

Eddie ParkerLieutenant (uncredited)

George ReevesMaj. Drewery's Union Telegrapher (uncredited)

George RegasMurrell's Halfbreed Henchman (uncredited)

Robert RobinsonTownsman (uncredited)

Albert RussellSoutherner (uncredited)

Georgia SimmonsSouthern Spinster (uncredited)

Al TaylorBarfly (uncredited)

Charles TrowbridgeSeddon - Aide to Jefferson Davis (uncredited)

Brandon TynanTrenholm (uncredited)

Sailor VincentBarfly (uncredited)

Blackie WhitefordTownsman Standing by Stagecoach (uncredited)

Norman WillisUnion Sergeant (uncredited)

Crew

Michael CurtizDirector

Robert BucknerScreenplay

Jack L. WarnerExecutive In Charge Of Production

Hal B. WallisExecutive Producer

Robert FellowsAssociate Producer

Oliver S. GarretsonSound

Francis J. ScheidSound

Leo F. ForbsteinMusic Director

George AmyEditor

Sol PolitoDirector of Photography

Orry-KellyCostume Design

Ted SmithArt Direction

Robert M. HaasArt Direction

Perc WestmoreMakeup Artist

Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer

Hans F. KoenekampSpecial Effects

Byron HaskinSpecial Effects

Hugo FriedhoferOrchestrator

Yakima CanuttStunt Double

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Reviews

Oh, I'm an expert at that now. Treating friends like strangers and enemies like friends. Virginia City is directed by Michael Curtiz and written by Robert Buckner. It stars Errol Flynn, Randolph Scott, Miriam Hopkins, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Hale and Guinn Williams. Music is by Max Steiner and cin...

This is quite an action packed civil wartime drama with Errol Flynn on good form as escaped Yankee officer "Bradford", sent behind enemy lines to thwart a Confederate plan to smuggle $5 million in gold bullion to help the cash-strapped South. Turns out that the man leading the attempt to pinch the ...