Lord of the Wild West

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Movie
German title Lord of the Wild West
Original title Dodge City
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1939
length 112 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Michael Curtiz
script Robert Buckner
production Robert Lord
music Max Steiner
camera Sol Polito
cut George Amy
occupation
synchronization

Lord of the Wild West (original title: Dodge City ) is an American western directed by Michael Curtiz from 1939. The premiere in the USA was on April 1, 1939, in Germany the film was only shown on March 26, 1950.

action

When Colonel Dodge reached the city ​​named after him in Dodge City in Kansas on the first train " Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway " in 1865 , the place was connected to the rest of the world. Colonel Dodge wants a beautiful and peaceful city to be built. At the same time, Jeff Surrett and his gang are arrested for hunting buffalo without a license and shooting down protesting Indians. The Irish adventurer Wade Hutton, who together with his constant companions Rusty Hart and Tex Baird Dodge, helped build the railway, played a key role in the arrest . Both Colonel Dodge and Wade Hutton left town after it was founded.

Seven years later, Dodge City has developed into one of the most important transshipment points for cattle. With the economic success, not only peaceful settlers but also thieves and gunslingers moved to the city. Saloons and amusement arcades are sprawling all over the city; there are regular shootings. The returned Jeff Surrett and his gang control the city with brutal hands, without ever being prosecuted for their crimes. When, for example, the cattle dealer Cole demands payment from Surrett for his cattle, he is murdered by his henchmen. Meanwhile, Wade Hutton is on his way to Dodge City with his herd of cattle and some settlers from the south. Among the settlers are Abbie Irving and her reckless brother Lee, who after their father's death moved to Dodge City to see their uncle, Dr. Irving should pull. But Lee triggers a stampede while drunk and shoots wildly. In self-defense, Hatton shoots Lee, who is trampled to death by the troubled cattle. His sister Abbie refuses to accept Hutton's apology.

Once in town, Wade does not want to sell his cattle to his old opponent Jeff Surrett, although the latter offers the most money because he does not trust him. Instead, Wade wants to sell his cattle to the respectable Mr. Orth, who is killed by Surrett's gang before the contract is signed. Another problem arises when, after a wild brawl between Northerners and Southerners in Surrett's saloon, he arbitrarily tries to hang Rusty up. Wade can barely prevent his friend's death by threatening Surrett with a gun. Wade wants to hand this over to the local sheriff for vigilante justice when he experiences a nasty surprise: the office of sheriff is vacant. Because of his courageous appearance against Surrett, Wade is asked by some citizens, including Abbie's uncle (with whom Abbie now lives), whether he would like to be the new sheriff of Dodge City. Hatton does not consider himself qualified for such a position. He changes his mind when a boy he knows well - the son of the murdered cattle dealer Cole - is accidentally dragged to death by hysterical horses in a shootout.

Wade is appointed sheriff and Rusty becomes his assistant - later her friend Tex Baird joins as deputy sheriff. The sheriffs are having a hard time, but the first progress has been made, for example a weapon-free zone is being established. Meanwhile, Surrett tries in vain to bribe Hatton. The sheriffs are supported in their work by the local newspaper, whose editor-in-chief Joe Clemens is a clear opponent of Surrett. Abbie has now found a job at Clemens' Zeitung. One day Mrs. Cole also appears at the editorial office, who is still waiting for Surrett's livestock money. Hutton now wants to bring Surrett to court and Clemens is also doing extensive research with plenty of evidence for the atrocities of Surrett's gang. When Clemens tries to publish a report that is seriously incriminating against Surrett, he is shot by his henchman Yancey and the report is stolen. Yancey can be convicted by printing ink on his fingers and is arrested. The angry city dwellers want to kill Yancey in a fit of vigilante justice in order to avenge the death of the popular Clemens. Yancey's attorney suggests getting him out of town because of the dire situation. But there is a ruse behind it: Surrett and his men hide on the train, open fire on Wade and Rusty and want to free Yancey.

By now Wade had earned Abbie's respect, and a romantic relationship began between the two of them. Abbie is on the same train because she is to be taken out of town to be safe from Surrett's gang, as she was the only one who knew the content of Clemens article and so can appear in court. When she notices Surrett and tries to help Wade, Surrett takes her hostage. Thereupon Wade releases Yancey's handcuffs, who flees with the other gang members from the meanwhile burning car. They bolt the door, but Hutton, Rusty and Abbie manage to break free. Wade shoots from the train at the gang who want to flee with horses. Both Surrett and Yancey can be killed. After the end of Surrett's gang, Dodge City finally becomes a beautiful and peaceful city. Colonel Dodge appears and asks Wade to be sheriff with Tex and Rusty in Virginia City , an even worse town. Abbie also accompanies her new husband. Like Wade, she is of the opinion that we have to help colonize the West.

background

The western genre was mainly determined in the 1930s by inexpensive, inexpensive B-westerns with almost unknown actors. Larger western films with well-known actors and great effort, however, were produced only very rarely. Only when films like The Hero of the Prairie or Frisco Express became notable successes did that change and more money was invested in westerns. The year 1939 marked the breakthrough for the "A" Western with films like John Ford's Ringo , Henry King's Jesse James, Man Without a Law , George Marshall's The Great Bluff - and Lord of the Wild West also had his share in the rise of the Western to one of the most popular movie genres in Hollywood. The production costs - around one million US dollars, which was not little for a film at the time - were easily recovered and the film became one of the biggest commercial successes of the year.

It was Errol Flynn's first appearance in a western, which is why the studio paid a lot of attention to the grossing. In the following years Flynn was used in other westerns. The multi-talented Byron Haskin was responsible for the special effects , who also directed many other films or worked as a cameraman. Although much of the film takes place in Dodge City , Kansas , the film was shot entirely in California , where filming began in early November 1938.

Reviews

For the film service , Herr des wilden Westens was “[e] in a western staged with wit and pace”, which was set after the civil war and with Errol Flynn's role was based on the “legendary Sheriff Wyatt Earp”. "The myth of the pioneering days is celebrated epically and lavishly, and is ambitiously illustrated," the lexicon also found. "The dramatic climax of the film, which pays homage to tradition in every sequence, is the outbreak of a herd of cattle, a spectacular show piece of a mass brawl in the 'Dancing Hall' to the clattering rhythm of the piano, which is still unattainable today." The conclusion of Cinema was: "Colorful, funny, fast and with lively stars. "

synchronization

A first German dubbed version was created in 1950 at Ultra Film Synchron GmbH Berlin based on the dialogue book by Ruth Schiemann-König and directed by Josef Wolf . In 1975, a second version was produced for television by Interopa Film GmbH Berlin on behalf of ARD.

role actor Voice actor 1950 Voice actor 1975
Wade Hutton Errol Flynn Hans Nielsen Manfred Bottlenose Dolphin
Abbie Irving Olivia de Havilland Gisela Breiderhoff Barbara Peters
Ruby Gilman Ann Sheridan - Almut Eggert
Jeff Surrett Bruce Cabot Curt Ackermann Harald Juhnke
Joe Clemens Frank McHugh Harald Mannl Edgar Ott
Rusty Hart Alan Hale Sr. Otto Wernicke Heinz Theo branding
Mr. Matt Cole John Litel Ernst Fritz Fürbringer Lothar Blumhagen
Dr. Irving Henry Travers - Siegfried Schürenberg
Colonel Dodge Henry O'Neill Klaus W. Krause Heinz Engelmann
Yancey Victor Jory Richard Münch Günther Kieslich
Lee Irving William Lundigan John Pauls-Harding Uwe Paulsen
Tex Baird Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Bum Kruger Klaus Sunshine
Munger Douglas Fowley - Manfred Lehmann
Mrs. Irving Georgia Caine - Ursula War
Yancey's lawyer Charles Halton - Friedrich W. Building School
Bud Taylor Ward Bond Wolfgang Eichberger Joachim Kerzel

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Print Info on tcm.com
  2. ↑ Lord of the Wild West. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 16, 2019 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ See cinema.de
  4. ↑ See Synchronization 1950 ( memento of the original from April 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on synchrondatenbank.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.synchrondatenbank.de
  5. ↑ See Synchronization 1975 ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on synchrondatenbank.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.synchrondatenbank.de
  6. ↑ Lord of the Wild West. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on March 16, 2019 .