Montana (1950)

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Montana is a 1950 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Errol Flynn. It was only the second time that Flynn had played an Australian on screen, the first being Desperate Journey (1942).

Production

In June 1940, producer William Jacobs assigned Thames Williamson to work on the script and Errol Flynn was listed as a possible star. However, Flynn disliked making Westerns. In 1949 he told Hedda Hopper:Acting for me is sheer fun. There's only one thing I really don't want to do any more and that's Westerns. I guess I've trod every back trail and canyon pass in the entire west.

In December 1947 it was announced that Ronald Reagan would play the lead in Montana, with the script based on a novel by Ernest Haycox. By January 1948 the film became officially part of Warner Bros.' schedule for that year. The following month, the studio announced that the film would produced with a budget of $2 million.

In July 1948, Warner Bros. ordered Flynn to return from his home in Jamaica and take the role under his contract. Later that month, Ray Enright was assigned to direct as his first film under a long-term contract with Warner Bros. In August, Alexis Smith and S. Z. Sakall were announced as costars.

Filming began in August 1948 with an incomplete script. James R. Webb and Charles G Booth were credited as working from a story by Ernest Haycox. Flynn missed some days of filming because of illness.

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