Dakota Page #2

Synopsis: 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 w
Genre: Western
Director(s): Joseph Kane
Production: Republic Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.1
PASSED
Year:
1945
82 min
145 Views


Sure.

There's probably nothing

there but a trading post.

We'll be stuck up there

with nothing to do but...

Make love.

Hmm, what's wrong with that?

What's the matter?

Stop it!

Bells crossing!

Get rid of them.

Thanks for pitchin' in.

It's all right.

Looked like you could

use some help.

He's a good man.

Bigtree?

Telegram for Mr. Bonzo!

He'll do... my name is

Bender, Jim Bender.

I'm Devlin...

This is Mrs. Devlin.

How do you do, Mrs. Devlin?

Mrs. Devlin?

Yes...

Thank you.

May I?

Surely.

It's from papa...

Everything is all right.

He says if we need more

money or anything,

we just let him know.

Isn't he wonderful?

Nice guy to do business

with, by letter.

Going to St. Paul, Mr. Bender?

I'm going to Fargo.

So are we.

Really... that's fine.

We'll probably be seeing

a lot of each other.

Heya!

We've passed the fort. Should be

in Abercrombie in a few minutes.

And you look just as fresh as

when we started, Mrs. Devlin.

Thank you... We bought

some things in St. Paul.

Oh, aren't they soldiers?

Huh? Probably an

escort from the fort.

Must be some hostile

Indians around.

Indians... oh!

John, now that we know

something about it,

do you really think we

should go to Fargo?

Well, we've come this far.

Maybe we oughta stop

off and, uh,

take a look around.

What do you expect to do

in Fargo, Mr. Devlin?

We are going to invest

some money in land.

Farmland...

We thought we'd

pick up a few acres

and grow some wheat.

You wouldn't want us to believe you

was a farmer, would ya, Mr. Devlin?

Maybe I oughta

sprout a beard, eh?

I can't imagine why you'd

want to buck a proposition

as uncertain as you may

find in the wheat country.

Wha... what's

uncertain about it?

You don't think nobody's gonna

let you walk into Fargo

and jump any claims,

do ya, ma'am?

Bigtree means, you might

have a little trouble

getting hold of a decent

piece of land--

Good acreage is scarce.

Tryin' to tell us that

they don't take kindly to

strangers in Fargo, Mr. Bender?

I don't imagine they'd

welcome strangers

who come to farm, uh, without

implements, Mr. Devlin.

Whoa!

Everybody out...

We done it again!

Fort Abercrombie, folk.

Mr. Bender?

I'm Bender.

Compliments of

colonel Worden, sir.

He'd like you to ride over to

the fort when you're rested.

Well, I was gonna sail

on the Sioux Princess.

Have you got any idea what

he wants to see me about?

There's been some

killings at Fargo.

They've burned the homes of

most of the Bonanza farmers.

- Indians?

- Well, according to Mr. Stowe,

it was made to look like the

Sioux were mixed up in it,

but he doesn't believe it.

Stowe wasn't burned out, was he?

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Lawrence Hazard

Lawrence Hazard (May 12, 1897 – April 1, 1959) was an American playwright and screenwriter active from 1933 to 1958. His career was cut short when he died at age 61 in 1959. His films include Man's Castle (1933) directed by Frank Borzage and starring Spencer Tracy and Loretta Young; Mannequin (1937) directed by Borzage and starring Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy; Strange Cargo (1940) directed by Borzage and starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford; The Spoilers (1942) starring Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne; Jackass Mail (1942) starring Wallace Beery; Dakota (1945) starring John Wayne and Walter Brennan, and numerous other films as well as scripts for television anthologies in the 1950s. more…

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