DAKOTA

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• Release Year: 1945
• Genre: Romance, Western
• Plot: John Wayne stars as John Devlin a gambler who with his new wife Sandy (Vera Ralston) moves to North Dakota hoping to cash in on the land boom created by increasing railroad expansion. On their trip west they meet two swindlers Bender and Collins (Ward Bond and Mike Mazurki) who have been pillaging farms and driving the farmers out of the territory. The two crooks steal John and Sandy's savings a dangerous riverboat chase ensues and the criminals make a clean getaway. In a desperate attempt to get back his savings and see justice prevail Devlin joins the wheat farmers in a heated range battle against Bender Collins and their gang. The action is fast paced and thrilling ending in an exciting conclusion that includes a daring fight-to-the-finish. Walter Brennan also stars in the fast-paced action-packed western.
• Cast: John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Ona Munson, Olive Blakeney, Mike Mazurki, Hugo Haas, Nick Stewart, 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, Melva Anstead, Eugene Borden, Bob Burns, Paul E. Burns, Lucille Byron, Martha Carroll, Noble 'Kid' Chissel, Dorothy Christy, Peter Cusanelli, Kenne Duncan, Geraldine Farnum, Cay Forrester, Frances Gladwin, Fred Graham, Lorna Gray, William Haade, Harriette Haddon, Rosemonde James, Russ Kaplan, Marian Kerrigan, Rex Lease, Tom London, Cliff Lyons, LeRoy Mason, Art Miles, Al Murphy, Jack O'Shea, Beverly Reedy, Jack Roper, Hector Sarno, Betty Shaw, Tom Smith, Dorothy Stevens, Houseley Stevenson, Linda Stirling, Larry Thompson, Victor Varconi, Michael Visaroff, Virginia Wave, Dick Wessel, Joseph Kane, Carl Foreman, Lawrence Hazard
• Director: Joseph Kane
• Runtime: 1:22
• Company: Republic Pictures
• Media Format: Movie