When the Daltons Rode (1940)

6.2/10 81 min Western

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?

Cast

Randolph Scott

Tod Jackson

Kay Francis

Julie King

Brian Donlevy

Grat Dalton

George Bancroft

Caleb Winters

Broderick Crawford

Bob Dalton

Stuart Erwin

Ben Dalton

Andy Devine

Ozark

Frank Albertson

Emmett Dalton

Mary Gordon

Ma Dalton

Harvey Stephens

Rigby

Edgar Dearing

Sheriff

Dorothy Granger

Nancy

Fay McKenzie

Hannah

Walter Soderling

Judge Lucius Thorndown [Judge Swain in credits]

Mary Ainslee

Minnie

Erville Alderson

District Attorney Wade

Sally Payne

Annabella

June Wilkins

Suzy

Edgar Buchanan

Narrator / Old-Timer (uncredited)

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