Dakota (1945)

movie

(1703)

Country: USA
Genres: Western
Release: 1945-12-25
Director: Joseph Kane
Writers: Lawrence Hazard , Howard Estabrook (1884–1978) , Carl Foreman
Language: English | Italian
Stars: John Wayne , Vera Ralston , Walter Brennan , Ward Bond , Ona Munson , Hugo Haas , Mike Mazurki , Olive Blakeney , Nick Stewart , Paul Fix
Runtime: 82 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Il cavaliere audace (Italy) , Dakota , Ντακότα (Greece) , Incidente en Dakota (Spain) , Dakota (Canada) , Dakota Soyguncuları (Turkey) , Dakota (United Kingdom) , Дакота , La femme du pionnier (Belgium) , De vrouw van de pionier (Belgium) , Dakota (Finland) , Brennende Prärie (Austria) , Oeste em Chamas (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Dakota (Austria) , Τα πιστόλια που σκόρπιζαν τον θάνατο (Greece) , Dakota (Sweden) , Blut am Fargo River , Corazones sin rumbo (Mexico) , Dakota (Chile) , Dakota (Brazil) , Corazones sin rumbo (Argentina) , Liebe in der Wildnis , Dakota (Denmark) , Cowboy-Liebe , Dakota (United States of America) , La femme du pionnier (France, French Republic) , Dakota (Romania) , Dakota (Australia) , ダコタ高原 (Japan)
Plot: In 1871, professional gambler John Devlin elopes with Sandra "Sandy" Poli, daughter of Marko Poli, an immigrant who has risen to railroad tycoon. Sandy, knowing that the railroad is to be extended into Dakota, plans to use their $20,000 nest egg to buy land options to sell to the railroad at a profit. On the stage trip to Ft. Abercrombie, their fellow passengers are Jim Bender and Bigtree Collins, who practically own the town of Fargo and Devlin is aware that they are prepared to protect the little empire... trying to drive out the farmers by burning their property, destroying their wheat, and blaming the devastation on the Indians. Continuing their journey north on the river aboard the "River Bird', Sandy and John meet Captain Bounce, an irascible old seafarer. Two of Bendender's henchmen, Slagin and Carp, board the boat and relieve John of his $20,000 at gunpoint. Captain Bounce, chasing the robber's dinghy, wrecks his boat on a sandbar. At Fargo, the land wars begin and John teams with the wheat farmers against the Bender gang. Several attempts are made on his life and Collins tries to frame him for murder.
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