Dakota (film)

Dakota
Theatrical poster to Dakota (1945)
Directed by	Joseph Kane
Produced by	Joseph Kane
Written by	Carl Foreman (original story) Howard Estabrook (screenplay) Lawrence Hazard (screenplay)
Starring	John Wayne Vera Ralston Walter Brennan Ward Bond Mike Mazurki
Cinematography	Jack A. Marta
Edited by	Fred Allen
Production company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release dates	December 25, 1945 (1945-12-25)
Running time	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. Wayne stars as John Devlin, who, with his wife Sandy (Vera Ralston) moves to North Dakota hoping to cash in on a land boom. On the trip west, they are swindled out of their life savings. In a desperate attempt to get back their money, Devlin enters into a heated range battle against the outlaws.

Cast

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John Wayne and Vera Ralston in Dakota

• John Wayne as John Devlin
• Vera Ralston as Sandy Poli (Devlin)
• Walter Brennan as Capt. Bounce of the Riverbird
• Ward Bond as Jim Bender
• Mike Mazurki as Bigtree Collins
• Ona Munson as Jersey Thomas
• Olive Blakeney as Mrs. Stowe
• Hugo Haas as Marko Poli
• Nick Stewart as Nicodemus (Capt. Bounce's Bosun)
• Paul Fix as Carp
• Grant Withers as Slagin
• Robert Livingston as Lieutenant
• Olin Howland as Devlin's driver
• Pierre Watkin as Wexton Geary (Marko Poli's representative)
• Robert Barrat as Anson Stowe

See also

• List of American films of 1945
• John Wayne filmography

External links

• Dakota at IMDb
• Review at Variety