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