Badlands of Dakota (1941)
Director: Alfred E. Green
Writers: Harold Shumate (story), Gerald Geraghty (screenplay)
Cast: Robert Stack, Ann Rutherford, Frances Farmer, Broderick Crawford, Richard Dix
Genre: Romance, Western
In the wild western town of Deadwood, Dakota Territory, a powerful man (Broderick Crawford) sends for a childhood sweetheart to marry (Ann Rutherford). Sending his younger brother (Robert Stack) to fetch her, the two fall in love which causes the older brother to join a gang of outlaws. Meanwhile Calamity Jane (Frances Farmer) joins forces with Wild Bill Hickcock (Richard Dix) to repeal a Sioux attack. CR
I watched this for Frances Farmer, but found it's a fun little western-drama-with a bit of romance and historical characters thrown into the mix. It has a lot of stars and I found they were all pretty good. The cast is impressive. Besides the listed actors the film also has: Hugh Herbert & Andy Devine in comic rolls and Lon Chaney Jr.
The plot itself is pretty broad but action packed. This isn't a serious drama or hard hitting western. But there's lots of shooting and riding and best of all we get to revist the town of Deadwood where Wild Bill Hickcock was killed while playing poker. To this day the react that infamous shooting of the legendary man.
This is a public domain movie and so can be found on Youtube. It's not the best copy but it's watchable.
Writers: Harold Shumate (story), Gerald Geraghty (screenplay)
Cast: Robert Stack, Ann Rutherford, Frances Farmer, Broderick Crawford, Richard Dix
Genre: Romance, Western
In the wild western town of Deadwood, Dakota Territory, a powerful man (Broderick Crawford) sends for a childhood sweetheart to marry (Ann Rutherford). Sending his younger brother (Robert Stack) to fetch her, the two fall in love which causes the older brother to join a gang of outlaws. Meanwhile Calamity Jane (Frances Farmer) joins forces with Wild Bill Hickcock (Richard Dix) to repeal a Sioux attack. CR
I watched this for Frances Farmer, but found it's a fun little western-drama-with a bit of romance and historical characters thrown into the mix. It has a lot of stars and I found they were all pretty good. The cast is impressive. Besides the listed actors the film also has: Hugh Herbert & Andy Devine in comic rolls and Lon Chaney Jr.
The plot itself is pretty broad but action packed. This isn't a serious drama or hard hitting western. But there's lots of shooting and riding and best of all we get to revist the town of Deadwood where Wild Bill Hickcock was killed while playing poker. To this day the react that infamous shooting of the legendary man.
This is a public domain movie and so can be found on Youtube. It's not the best copy but it's watchable.