Virginia City (film)

Virginia City
Virginia City
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Michael Curtiz
Screenplay by	Robert Buckner
Produced by	Robert Fellows
Starring	Errol Flynn; Miriam Hopkins; Randolph Scott; Humphrey Bogart;
Cinematography	Sol Polito
Edited by	George Amy
Music by	Max Steiner
Production; company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	May 16, 1940 (US); ; 1947 (France)
Running time	121 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,179,000
Box office	$2,120,000; 2,372,567 admissions (France, 1947)

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).

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

[warners-1] Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer 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.

[box-3] Box office figures for 1947 France at Box Office Story

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