Rocky Mountain was planned as a big budget western, but Warner Bros. pared down both its budget and its length to "programmer" dimensions. Errol Flynn plays a Confederate officer trying to recruit troops in California. Unfortunately the only folks interested in the Southern cause are bandits and drifters, so Flynn has to watch his back. The fiancee (Patrice Wymore) of a Union Army officer (Scott Forbes) is rescued from an Indian attack by Flynn's men, but they are reluctant to release her lest she tip off their whereabouts. A Yankee patrol headed by the girl's fiance is captured by Flynn, but he eventually allows the Yanks and the girl safe passage in order to save them from an Indian massacre. Rocky Mountain was no great advance in cinematic art, but it did serve to introduce Errol Flynn to Patrice Wymore, who became his third (and last) wife. Hal Erickson, Rovi
In his final epic Western, Errol Flynn plays cattleman Clay Hardin, who, on a trek south of the border, has discovered that San Antonio saloon proprietor Roy Stuart (Paul Kelly) is actually a cattle rustler of major proportions. Determined to bring Stuart to justice, Clay runs into difficulties when he mistakes feted chanteuse Jeanne Starr (Alexis Smith) for being on the saloon owner's payroll. Meanwhile, Stuart's French-accented partner, and enemy, Legare (Victor Francen), uses the taut situation to benefit himself. Then Clay's longtime friend, Charlie Bell (John Litel), is brutally slain and Jeanne's manager, Sacha Bozic (S.Z. Sakall) is forced to skip town, Bozic, unbeknownst to Clay, having witnessed the murder. The real killer is eventually forced to confess and San Antonio erupts in a climactic gun battle that culminates in a shootout at the historic Alamo. With Hungarian actor Sakall providing some much-needed comedy relief, Alexis Smith, Doodles Weaver, and a chorus perform a few songs, including: Ray Heindorf, M.K. Jerome, and Ted Koehler's "Some Sunday Morning"; "Put Your Little Foot Right Out," by Larry Spier; and Jack Scholl and Charles Kisco's "Somewhere in Monterey." According to some reports, both Raoul Walsh and Robert Florey directed a few additional scenes. Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
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. 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-******-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
- Genre: Western
- Category B-Western, Traditional Western
- Theme: Woman In Jeopardy, Out For Revenge, Taming the West, Treasure Hunts
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- Run Time: 06 hr 29 min
- Edition: Restored / Remastered
- Language: English
- Subtitle Language: English, French
- Release Date: August 26, 2008
- Lead Actor: Alexis Smith, Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, George O'Hanlon
- Supporting Actor: Al Hill, Bea Benaderet, Brad King, Cliff Lyons, Creighton Hale, Dorothy Adams, Forrest Taylor, Francis Ford, Harry Semels, Henry Hall, Jack Mower, Jesse Adams, Mel Blanc, Arnold Kent, Allen E. Smith, Howard Hill, Bill Steele, Wallis Clark, Chalky Williams, Ray Spiker, Dan White, Doodles Weaver, Charles B. Middleton, Poodles Hanneford, Charles Stevens, Warren Jackson, Victor Kilian, Chris-Pin Martin, Russell Simpson, Billy Vincent, Alex Sharp, Monte Blue, Frank Wilcox, Tom Tyler, Steve Dunhill, Lane Chandler, Rush Williams, Dick Jones, Pedro de Cordoba, Russell Hicks, Paul Fix, Harry Cording, Bud Osborne, Brandon Tynan, Brandon Hurst, Nita Talbot, Art Mix, Reed Howes, Monte Montague, Edward Keane, Eddy Waller, Yakima Canutt, Dan Seymour, Charles Trowbridge, Harry "Snub" Pollard, Don McGuire, Peter Coe, Tudor Owen, Douglas Dumbrille, Paul E. Burns, Robert Shayne, Chubby Johnson, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Philip Morris, Charles Irwin, Slim Pickens, Howard Petrie, Alan Hale, Ian MacDonald, Florence Bates, James Brown, Paul Kelly, Frank McHugh, Victor Francen, Humphrey Bogart, Douglas Kennedy, Scott Forbes, Hal Taliaferro, Howard Hickman, George Regas, George Reeves, Eddie Parker, Denver Dixon, Arthur Q. Bryan, Almira Sessions, Eddie Acuff, Wilfred Lucas, Robert H. Barrat, Nacho Galindo, Lester Matthews, Moroni Olsen, Sheb Wooley, Buzz Henry, John Alvin, Tom Dugan, Thurston Hall, S.Z. Sakall, Roy Gordon, Robert C. Bruce, Norman Willis, John Litel, John Compton, James Flavin, Walter Miller, William Hopper, Ward Bond, William Gould, Spencer Charters, Si Jenks, Sam McDaniel, Philo McCullough, Patrice Wymore, Harry Seymour, George Guhl, Charles Halton, Trevor Bardette, Wally Wales
- Director: David Butler, William Keighley, Robert McKimson, Tex Avery, Frank Tashlin, Ray Enright, Richard L. Bare, Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Michael Curtiz
