Dakota
Dakota
Overview
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..
Cast
John Wayne
Vera Ralston
Walter Brennan
Ward Bond
Ona Munson
Hugo Haas
Mike Mazurki
Olive Blakeney
Paul Fix
Grant Withers
Robert Livingston
Olin Howland
Pierre Watkin
Robert Barrat
Jonathan Hale
Robert Blake
Paul Hurst
Eddy Waller
Sarah Padden
Jack La Rue
George Cleveland
Selmer Jackson
Claire Du Brey
Roy Barcroft
Kenne Duncan
Fred Graham
Lorna Gray
William Haade
Linda Stirling
Nick Stewart
Crew
Joseph Kane
Carl Foreman
Lawrence Hazard
Jack A. Marta
Gano Chittenden
John McCarthy Jr.
Russell Kimball
Adele Palmer
Fred Allen
James Redd
Howard Estabrook
Larry Ceballos
Walter Scharf