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Theatrical poster to Dakota (1945)
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Directed by | Joseph Kane |
Produced by | Joseph Kane |
Screenplay by |
Howard Estabrook Lawrence Hazard |
Story by | Carl Foreman |
Starring |
John Wayne Vera Ralston Walter Brennan Ward Bond Mike Mazurki |
Music by | Walter Scharf |
Cinematography | Jack A. Marta |
Edited by | Fred Allen |
Production
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Republic Pictures
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Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
Release date
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Running time
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82 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Dakota is a 1945 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring John Wayne. The supporting cast features Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, and Mike Mazurki.
The action is set in 1875. Wayne stars as John Devlin, a professional gambler who has married Sandra (Vera Ralston), daughter of railroad millionaire Marko Poli (Hugo Haas). John and Sandra flee her father's anger and go to Fargo in Dakota Territory, where Sandra thinks they can cash in on a land boom. But on the trip west, they are swindled out of their stake ($20,000 Sandra swiped from her father). In a desperate attempt to get back their money, Devlin enters into a heated range battle against the outlaws.