Product Details

• Actors: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, S.Z. Sakall, Victor Francen, Florence Bates
• Directors: David Butler, Raoul Walsh, Robert Florey
• Writers: Alan Le May, W.R. Burnett
• Producers: Jack L. Warner, Robert Buckner
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English, German
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Warner)
• VHS Release Date: December 7, 1994
• Run Time: 109 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302032210
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #229,605 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A charming, lighthearted mid-'40s oater, May 11, 2003

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: San Antonio [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Errol Flynn was never more debonaire than in this briskly paced, totally enjoyable, two-fisted Western romance. Flynn plays Clay Hardin, a rancher who's been chased out of town by a syndicate of corrupt rustlers, but is back in town with the proof that will vindicate him... and with a hankering to meet actress Alexis Smith. She's a high-tone New York gal who finds herself charmed by the dapper, self-assured machismo of Flynn's good-natured rustic roughneck. You'll be charmed, too: it's hard to imagine anyone else being so suave and polite when they're whomping on the bad guys. Filmed in brightly saturated Technicolor, with the ruins of the Alamo eerily lit by the Texas moon. This film is a goodie! [Cast note: anyone who was charmed by S. K. Sakall's famous comedic cameo as a German emigre in "Casablanca" ("What watch mama?") will get a kick out of his extensive supporting role in this film... More cutesy ethnic schtick than you can shake a schntizel at!]

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars There's just soooo many Westerns out there.........., June 29, 2000

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Plenty O'Toole (Cut Bank, Montana USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: San Antonio [VHS] (VHS Tape)

As I continue my intro, there are tons of westerns out there, probably more than any other genre, considering all of the 'B' westerns out there.

To get on with my review, as I was hinting it's really hard to get a decent plot, one like say Rio Bravo or The Searchers. But anyway, it still is a pretty good movie. San Antonio is about a man who loses his fortune to some bad guys (I can't think of anything else to call them, either that or say crooked cattle punchers?) and goes to get his revenge. Flynn is once again his dashing self and Alexis Smith offers a good character. I guess "good character" isn't exactly the best way to describe it. She plays a very feisty actress/singer who ends up working for Flynn's enemies but falls in love with him.

The color in this film was great and it was qutie a high grade movie. The song sung in the film "Some Sunday Morning" won the Oscar for best song. It's a pretty good film on it's own, but when put up against other westerns and Flynn's previous work (Captian Blood, Robin Hood, etc.) it just doesn't have the same magic.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Flynn Seeks Revenge, April 7, 2001

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James L. - See all my reviews

This review is from: San Antonio [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Errol Flynn stars as a cowboy out to get revenge on the cattle rustler that has stolen his cattle and the cattle of several other men. He returns to San Antonio to settle the score, but before he can do that, he falls in love with Alexis Smith, the actress and singer performing at his enemy's saloon. Needless to say, things get complicated. This isn't the greatest of Flynn's westerns, although it's far from the worst. There's just nothing new here. Flynn was already starting to show the signs of the premature aging that would eventually lead to his death, and his performance lacks its usual fire. Smith, however, plays her character well and looks beautiful in the great technicolor. There is a terrific saloon shoutout/brawl, but it doesn't add up to much more than an average western. It's entertaining, but nothing special.