Blut am Fargo River
(1945)
Regisseur:
Joseph KaneSchauspieler:
John Wayne, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Robert Livingston, Olin Howland, Robert Blake, Selmer Jackson, Bob Burns, Cay Forester, Tom London, Linda Stirling, Vera Ralston, Mike Mazurki, Ona Munson, Olive Blakeney, Hugo HaasDakota 1871. Der ehemalige Profispieler John Devlin will die Vergangenheit hinter sich lassen und reist mit Ehefrau Sandy in den Westen, um Land zu erwerben, das sie mit Gewinn an die Eisenbahngesellschaft verkaufen wollen. Auf einem Schiff lernen sie den Schurken Jim Bender und dessen Kumpan Bigtree Collins kennen, die ihnen das Ersparte abnehmen. Bender und seine Bande beherrschen die Stadt Fargo, brennen die Häuser der Farmer nieder und zerstören die Weizenfelder. Devlin verbündet sich mit den Farmern und vertreibt die Bande.
John Wayne legt in Dakota einer Bande das Handwerk.
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..
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..
