Virginia City (film)

Virginia City
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Curtiz
Screenplay byRobert Buckner
Produced byRobert Fellows
Starring
CinematographySol Polito
Edited byGeorge Amy
Music byMax Steiner
Production
company
Warner Bros.
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release dates
  • May 16, 1940 (1940-05-16) (US)

1947 (France)
Running time
121 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,179,000[1][2]
Box office$2,120,000[1]
2,372,567 admissions (France, 1947)[3]

Virginia City is a 1940 American Western film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, and a mustachioed Humphrey Bogart in the role of the real-life outlaw John Murrell. Based on a screenplay by Robert Buckner, the film is about a Union officer who escapes from a Confederate prison and is sent to Virginia City from where his former prison commander is planning to send five million dollars in gold to Virginia to save the Confederacy. The film premiered in its namesake, Virginia City, Nevada. The film was shot in black and white (sepiatone).

  1. ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 20 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. ^ Glancy, H. Mark. "Warner Bros film grosses, 1921-51." Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. March 1995.
  3. ^ Box office figures for 1947 France at Box Office Story