Dakota
1945 · 82 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 1,778 VOTES · DIR. Joseph Kane
Overview
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..
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00:02:32 JOHN! HERE I AM!
00:05:39 I DON'T LIKE TO BUTT IN
00:09:20 SAY... OH, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?
00:12:05 BELLS CROSSING!
00:15:20 THERE'S BEEN SOME KILLINGS AT FARGO.
00:18:33 WE'LL SHOW THEM ABERCROMBIE FOLKS HOW IT'S DONE
00:21:11 MR. STOWE, I'M GLAD TA SEE YA.
00:24:37 JOHN? IF I DID SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE YOU ANGRY
00:27:46 WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' THERE?! WELL, CAP'N
00:31:12 AND AIN'T USED TO BREAKIN' BAD NEWS TO FINE LADIES
00:34:14 ???? ??
00:37:25 SO I GRABS MY CARBINE, I GETS THE PAIR OF 'EM IN MY SIGHTS AND WHAM!
00:40:43 THAT CONNECTS YOU WITH THE RAILROAD.
00:45:10 I'M REMEMBERIN' IT, AND ALSO HOW SHE CAME TO GET HIT.
00:47:54 FOR THE MONEY HE PUTS UP, AIN'T HE?
00:50:56 I'LL TAKE A NICE, DIRTY MINER
00:53:19 UH, THEY KNOW THAT. MM-HMM.
00:56:26 IF THEY'RE NOT HARVESTED, HE TAKES US.
00:59:59 BUT I STILL CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE LEAVING.
01:02:46 NOTHING YOU SAY'LL EVER BE USED AGAINST YOU.
01:05:52 AND THIS LAND'S GONNA BE WORTH A NICE CHUNK OF MONEY.
01:10:15 ?? COAX ME DON'T EVER HOAX ME ??
01:14:50 HANG ON TO 'IM.
20:00:00 WOULD YOU, BENDER?