When the Daltons Rode

Aug 23, 1940

1h 21m

★ 6.0

WANTED DEAD or ALIVE SCREAMED THE NATION WHEN the DALTONS ROAD

Overview

Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Tod Jackson

Randolph Scott

Julie King

Kay Francis

Grat Dalton

Brian Donlevy

Caleb Winters

George Bancroft

Bob Dalton

Broderick Crawford

Ben Dalton

Stuart Erwin

Ozark

Andy Devine

Emmett Dalton

Frank Albertson

Ma Dalton

Mary Gordon

Rigby

Harvey Stephens

Sheriff

Edgar Dearing

Wilson

Quen Ramsey

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