Dakota (1945 film)
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.jpg) Theatrical poster to Dakota (1945) | |
| Directed by | Joseph Kane |
| Screenplay by | Howard Estabrook Lawrence Hazard |
| Story by | Carl Foreman |
| Produced by | Joseph Kane |
| Starring | John Wayne Vera Ralston Walter Brennan Ward Bond Mike Mazurki |
| Cinematography | Jack A. Marta |
| Edited by | Fred Allen |
| Music by | Walter Scharf |
Production company | Republic Pictures |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Dakota is a 1945 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane, and starring John Wayne.[1] The supporting cast features Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, and Mike Mazurki.
Plot
The action is set in 1875. Wayne stars as John Devlin (John Wayne), a professional gambler who has married Sandra (Vera Ralston), daughter of railroad millionaire Marko Poli (Hugo Haas). John and Sandra flee her father's anger and go to Fargo in Dakota Territory, where Sandra thinks they can cash in on a land boom. But on the trip west, they are swindled out of their stake ($20,000 Sandra swiped from her father). In a desperate attempt to get back their money, Devlin enters into a heated range battle against the outlaws.
Cast
- John Wayne as John Devlin
- Vera Ralston as Sandy Poli (Devlin)
- Walter Brennan as Capt. Bounce of the Riverbird
- Ward Bond as Jim Bender
- Mike Mazurki as Bigtree Collins
- Ona Munson as Jersey Thomas
- Olive Blakeney as Mrs. Stowe
- Hugo Haas as Marko Poli
- Nick Stewart as Nicodemus (as Nicodemus Stewart)
- Paul Fix as Carp
- Grant Withers as Slagin
- Robert Livingston as Lieutenant
- Olin Howland as Devlin's driver (as Olin Howlin)
- Pierre Watkin as Wexton Geary
- Robert Barrat as Anson Stowe (as Robert H. Barrat)
- Jonathan Hale as Col. Wordin
- Robert Blake as Little Boy (as Bobby Blake)
- Paul Hurst as Captain Spotts
- Eddy Waller as Stagecoach Driver
- Sarah Padden as Mrs. Plummer
- Jack La Rue as Suade
- George Cleveland as Mr. Plummer
- Selmer Jackson as Dr. Judson
- Claire Du Brey as Wahtonka
- Roy Barcroft as Poli's Driver
See also
References
External links
- Dakota at IMDb
- Dakota at AllMovie
- Dakota at the TCM Movie Database
- Dakota at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Review at Variety
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- American films
- American Western (genre) films
- American black-and-white films
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- Films scored by Walter Scharf
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- Films set in North Dakota
- Films with screenplays by Howard Estabrook
- Republic Pictures films
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