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When the Daltons Rode

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Tod Jackson is a lawyer passing through the frontier. In Kansas, he decides to pay a visit to the Daltons, a family he knew during his youth. He arrives to discover that the family is in crisis. A ruthless development company wants to use their land for railroad expansion. Bob Dalton, accused on false murder charges, asks Tod to defend him in court. A violent courtroom confrontation turns the Daltons into outlaws, and they are forced to go on the run.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 06/03/2007
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One of the best made B-Westerns. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D @RT35616104 03/17/2024 Not enough Kay to entertain. See more 11/19/2023 Really good Western here highly recommend James Welch, Henderson, Arkansas November 16, 2023 See more Steve S @RT32687682 10/16/2018 "When the Daltons Rode" boasts some pretty spectacular stunts and action sequences, but it's overall story is fairly lifeless. It's flimsy telling of the true life Dalton gang is purely fictionalized here with the filmmakers wanting us to cheer for outlaws. Randolph Scott is grreat as alwys. See more 09/27/2007 Average western with a cast full of familiar faces but nothing special. What is Kay Francis, the essence of urban sophistication, doing in this routine oater? Sliding down the Hollywood ladder that's what. After years at the top she quarreled with the brothers Warner over money and they effectively finished her career. Here she is mid slide, freelancing at Universal and whatever studio would offer her work, she had one good part ahead in The Feminine Touch at MGM with Rosalind Russell than it was a series of junk until she ended up at poverty row studio Monogram for three minor films and a fall into obscurity and reclusiveness. See more Read all reviews
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George Marshall

Director

Randolph Scott

Tod Jackson

Kay Francis

Julie King

Brian Donlevy

Grat Dalton

George Bancroft

Caleb Winters

Broderick Crawford

Bob Dalton
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Synopsis Tod Jackson is a lawyer passing through the frontier. In Kansas, he decides to pay a visit to the Daltons, a family he knew during his youth. He arrives to discover that the family is in crisis. A ruthless development company wants to use their land for railroad expansion. Bob Dalton, accused on false murder charges, asks Tod to defend him in court. A violent courtroom confrontation turns the Daltons into outlaws, and they are forced to go on the run.
Director
George Marshall
Production Co
Universal Pictures
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 1, 2020
Runtime
1h 20m
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