---
title: 'Virginia City (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Curtiz'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 121
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Western'
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/virginia-city-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033226/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Virginia City (1940)

1940 · 121 min · Drama, Western, Action · United States


## Synopsis

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).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Curtiz](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-curtiz)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Buckner](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-buckner)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Max Steiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-steiner)
- **Producer:** [Hal B. Wallis](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-b-wallis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sol Polito](https://cinepixo.com/people/sol-polito)
- **Editor:** [George Amy](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-amy)

## Cast

- [Ward Bond](https://cinepixo.com/people/ward-bond)
- [Charles Halton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-halton)
- [George Chesebro](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-chesebro)
- [Edward Keane](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-keane)
- [Spencer Charters](https://cinepixo.com/people/spencer-charters)
- [Ethan Laidlaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethan-laidlaw)
- [Dick Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-jones)
- [Russell Simpson](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-simpson)
- [Moroni Olsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/moroni-olsen)
- [Paul Fix](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-fix)
- [Georgios Regas](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgios-regas)
- [Charles Trowbridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-trowbridge)
- [Guinn "Big Boy" Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/guinn-big-boy-williams)
- [Randolph Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/randolph-scott)
- [Bud Osborne](https://cinepixo.com/people/bud-osborne)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/virginia-city-1940
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