Dakota
Dakota
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..
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John Wayne
as John Devlin
Hugo Haas
as Marko Poli
Robert Barrat
as Anson Stowe
Robert Blake
as Little Boy
Walter Brennan
as Bounce of the Riverbird
Robert Livingston
as Lieutenant
Paul Hurst
as Captain Spotts
Kenne Duncan
as Henchman (uncredited)
Linda Stirling
as Entertainer (uncredited)
Olin Howland
as Devlin's Driver
Jack La Rue
as Suade
Roy Barcroft
as Poli's Driver
Fred Graham
as Bouncer (uncredited)
Nick Stewart
as Nicodemus
Ward Bond
as Jim Bender
Ona Munson
as Jersey Thomas
Paul Fix
as Carp
George Cleveland
as Mr. Plummer
Pierre Watkin
as Wexton Geary
Selmer Jackson
as Dr. Judson
Lorna Gray
as Entertainer (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
as Colonel Wordin
Claire Du Brey
as Wahtonka
Vera Ralston
as Sandy Poli
Mike Mazurki
as Bigtree Collins
Grant Withers
as Slagin
Eddy Waller
as Stagecoach Driver
Sarah Padden
as Mrs. Plummer
William Haade
as Roughneck in Saloon (uncredited)
Olive Blakeney
as Mrs. Stowe
