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Release Date:
December 15, 1945
Original Title:
Dakota
Alternate Titles:
Blut am Fargo River
Brennende Prärie
Cowboy-Liebe
La Femme du pionnier
Genres:
Western
Production Companies:
Republic Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 12|L DE: 12 US: NR
Runtime: 82
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..
Adaptation:
Howard Estabrook
Art Direction:
Gano Chittenden
Russell Kimball
Associate Producer:
Joseph Kane
Choreographer:
Larry Ceballos
Costume Design:
Adele Palmer
Director:
Joseph Kane
Director of Photography:
Jack A. Marta
Editor:
Fred Allen
Hairstylist:
Peggy Gray
Makeup Artist:
Bob Mark
Music:
Walter Scharf
Music Director:
Walter Scharf
Music Score Producer:
Walter Scharf
Screenplay:
Lawrence Hazard
Set Decoration:
John McCarthy Jr.
James Redd
Story:
Carl Foreman
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