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!
00:05:37 THAT WE WEREN'T MEANT FOR EACH OTHER AFTER ALL?
00:09:11 MAYBE IT WOULD BREAK HER HEART.
00:11:38 MAKE LOVE.
00:15:08 FORT ABERCROMBIE, FOLK.
00:17:55 SHAKE YOUR HIPS YA POTBELLIED... !!!
00:20:35 IS WE GONNA ARGUE OVER A COUPLA PENNIES? ROAD FOLKS, AIN'T WE?
00:24:03 I'LL BLOW HER HIGHER THAN THE COST OF LIVIN' IN FARGO!
00:27:00 AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR SILLY HEAD SHOT OFF
00:30:24 NOW OVER HERE'S THE STOWE HOME.
00:33:27 WHY ARE THEY WEARING THOSE FOREIGN COSTUMES?
00:36:19 I WANT YA TA HAVE YOUR FUN WHILE YA CAN, MRS. DEVLIN.
00:39:35 OH... BAD CHARACTER, EH?
00:43:47 (Dr. Judson) HOLD THAT LIGHT CLOSER.
00:46:43 EVERYBODY GOES SOMEPLACE, IT'S A MEETIN'.
00:49:26 DO YOU EXPECT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN TO YOUR WHEAT, MRS. STOWE?
00:52:08 NO FUN RUSTLING ALONE.
00:54:34 SIGNING A CONTRACT WITH THE WHEAT GROWERS.
00:58:12 THINK SO? YEP.
01:00:57 HANDSOME, EASY-GOING...
01:03:50 WE'RE CHASIN' AROUND, DUCKIN' OUR OWN SHADOWS, DO YA?
01:07:26 RELINQUISH ALL RIGHTS AND INTERESTS."
01:11:33 HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE IT, CAP'N?
01:18:16 I'M GLAD YA STOPPED IN. I MIGHT A HAD TROUBLE FINDIN' YA.