Dakota

1945
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1h 22m

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John Wayne and Vera Ralston in Dakota (1945)

In 1871 Dakota, two crooked businessmen oppose the local wheat farmers and the railroad development to control the town of Fargo.In 1871 Dakota, two crooked businessmen oppose the local wheat farmers and the railroad development to control the town of Fargo.In 1871 Dakota, two crooked businessmen oppose the local wheat farmers and the railroad development to control the town of Fargo.

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5.9/10

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John Wayne

John Devlin

Vera Ralston

Sandy
(as Vera Hruba Ralston)

Walter Brennan

Captain Bounce

Ward Bond

Jim Bender

Ona Munson

'Jersey' Thomas

Hugo Haas

Marko Poli

Mike Mazurki

'Bigtree' Collins

Olive Blakeney

Mrs. Stowe

Nick Stewart

Nicodemus
(as Nicodemus Stewart)

Paul Fix

Carp

Grant Withers

Slagin

Robert Livingston

Lieutenant

Olin Howland

Devlin's Driver
(as Olin Howlin)

Pierre Watkin

Wexton Geary

Robert Barrat

Anson Stowe
(as Robert H. Barrat)

Jonathan Hale

Col. Wordin

Robert Blake

Little Boy
(as Bobby Blake)

Paul Hurst

Captain Spotts

Director
- Joseph Kane
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Trivia
Jack Roper, who plays the part of a Bouncer in DAKOTA, is actually a well known boxer who had fought Joe Louis for the World Heavyweight boxing championship on April 17, 1939. Jack had fought James Braddock and Jack Dempsey and many other heavyweights of the time. He had 9 "first round" knockouts and a boxing record of 54-44-9 and a total of 27 knockouts in his career.

Goofs
When Devlin is tossed out of Poli's house, he tumbles down the steps with his head toward the right of the porch. But on the cut to the close-up, he completes the fall with his head toward the left, a complete mismatch from the previous shot.

Quotes
John Devlin: And speaking of politics, where we're going, there are only two parties: the quick and the dead.

Connections
Featured in John Wayne: American Hero of the Movies (1990)

Soundtracks
Coax Me
Written by Andrew B. Sterling and Harry von Tilzer
Sung by Ona Munson

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7/10

Enjoyable old western

I thoroughly enjoyed this early movie with John Wayne. He was very good in his part I thought. He was truly becoming the guy most Americans Identify with. I read elsewhere that movies Vera Ralston appeared in did not make money. I'm not sure why unless Americans just had a hard time with her accent. She was lovely, acted her part well, even added a good degree of humor from time to time. This movie was released on Christmas day 1945. I wonder if folks were so happy to have the war over and short of cash that they passed on the movie for those two reasons. John was well liked by then so he should have been a box office draw,0 and Vera was not well known such that she would be a deterrent.

Anyway, I liked it. Hope you do too.

I found it on Youtube. It had two or three short commercials, just a bit distracting not too bad.