The Black Dakotas Page #2

Synopsis: During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln sends an emissary with a peace treaty to the Sioux Indians. He also sends a gift of $130,000 in gold. This attracts the attention of Brock Marsh, the secret leader of a Confederate spy ring, who wants to keep the treaty from being signed and to also get his hands on the gold. Ruth Lawrence and Mike Daugherty work together against the machinations of Marsh.
Genre: Action, War, Western
Director(s): Ray Nazarro
Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment
 
IMDB:
5.4
APPROVED
Year:
1954
65 min
25 Views


understand, you can expect

anything except what you're looking

for while we're in Sioux territory.

You here to kowtow

to them, Mr. Paige?

You an Indian lover, too?

I'm here to extend

the hand of friendship.

Why don't you shut up, Grimes?

I'll shut up when I see soldiers

back here protecting us.

That's the kind of

friendship I want.

Judge, we caught us a traitor.

BAKER:
Why, Marshal,

that's John Lawrence!

I'm surprised

as much as you are.

Caught him red-handed, about

10 miles out of town,

dickering with some Indians.

I always suspected Lawrence was

in sympathy with the rebels.

MAN 1:
A traitor's a traitor.

MAN 2:
Let's string him up!

(ALL AGREEING)

We don't string up anybody without a

trial while I'm Marshal of this town.

But you caught him in the act.

And that's enough!

We don't have to

wait for nothin' now.

Be a warning to some

others I ain't sure about.

MAN 3:
Yeah. That's right.

(ALL AGREEING)

Just a minute!

You making the charge, Marshal?

Heard it all.

He and some renegade braves

were planning to kill War Cloud.

Then, they were going to take over

our town and the whole territory.

Haven't you anything to say

about it, Mr. Lawrence?

I don't think anything I'd

say would help me now, Mike.

You're right, nothin'

you'd say could help you.

He's going to get a fair trial.

All right, if we got

to have it legal,

let's get on with it, Judge.

- Right here.

- (ALL AGREEING)

It's as legal a place as any.

BOGGS:
Well,

what are we waiting for?

(ALL AGREEING)

Not a very peaceful introduction

to our town for you, sir.

I'm very interested in

watching frontier justice.

We live in constant fear

of a Sioux uprising here.

We're forced to

use drastic methods

with men who attempt to inflame

the Indians against us.

GRIMES:
There's only one cure

for a spy. The rope!

(ALL AGREEING)

Quiet, please. Quiet!

The United States District

Court's in session.

State your name.

John Lawrence.

Where were you born?

Richmond, Virginia.

But you always said

you were born in Boston.

I was born in

Richmond, Virginia.

John Lawrence, you've been

found guilty by a fair trial

of having plotted with the

Indians against the whites,

of spying for the South.

You've been sentenced to

death by due process of law.

Dad!

- As Marshal of this township, it is my duty to...

- Dad!

- Dad!

- Ruthie.

Dad, those fools,

those stupid fools.

Ruthie, you must

go away. Please.

Dad, tell them it isn't true.

Tell them you're not a spy.

It's useless.

I only did for the South

what any one of them

would do for the North.

Hang her, too, Marshal.

She's just as guilty as he is.

(ALL AGREEING)

Ruthie, I want you to leave now.

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