Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate prison and is sent to Virginia City, Nevada, where he finds out that the former commander of his prison, Vance Irby, is planning to send... Read allUnion officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate prison and is sent to Virginia City, Nevada, where he finds out that the former commander of his prison, Vance Irby, is planning to send $5 million in gold to save the Confederacy.Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate prison and is sent to Virginia City, Nevada, where he finds out that the former commander of his prison, Vance Irby, is planning to send $5 million in gold to save the Confederacy.
- Maj. Drewery
- (as Douglas Dumbrille)
- Dancer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaIn the 1956 Dominant re-release, Randolph Scott was given top billing with Humphrey Bogart as co-star. The names of Errol Flynn and Miriam Hopkins were demoted beneath the title.
- GoofsIn Virginia City, a speaker tells the crowd the current news. He mentions Vicksburg being captured at the same time as Savannah. Vicksburg was captured in 1863 while the battle of Gettysburg was fought.
- Quotes
Vance Irby: Remember, when we meet, we've never seen each other before. Then the Federals can't suspect.
Julia Hayne: Oh, I'm an expert at that now. Treating friends like strangers and enemies like friends.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Great Performances: Bacall on Bogart (1988)
- SoundtracksThe Battle Hymn of the Republic
(1861) (uncredited)
Music by William Steffe (circa 1856)
Lyrics by Julia Ward Howe
Sung by townsmen in Virginia City
Excerpts incorporated into the score often
The plot, of an undercover Union captain (Flynn) attempting to wrest a shipment of southern gold from a wagon train headed by the Confederate colonel (Scott) who had run the prison camp he'd previously escaped from, gets bogged down in subplots, and, in trying to appease viewers from both sides of the Mason-Dixon line, makes everyone so noble that you wonder why there was a Civil War! Certainly, in Randolph Scott's case, the role wasn't much of a stretch, and would be one he would repeat frequently, with minor variations, for the next twenty years. Tasmanian Flynn, however, appears more comfortable in the Western genre than he had in DODGE CITY, and, after the on and off-screen battling with Bette Davis in his previous film, THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX, it must have felt like a vacation (even with hated director Michael Curtiz helming the project!)
VIRGINIA CITY is, ultimately, a 'B' movie with an 'A'-list cast and crew, and while the end result isn't terrible, it isn't a film that either Flynn or Bogart would list as among their best efforts.
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- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1