When the Daltons Rode (1940)

When the Daltons Rode (1940)

WANTED DEAD or ALIVE SCREAMED THE NATION WHEN the DALTONS ROAD

Release Date: 1940, August 23
Directors: George Marshall
Countries: United States of America
Production: Universal Pictures
Cast: Mary Gordon, Frank Albertson, Kernan Cripps, Tom Fadden, Randolph Scott, Eddie Parker, Henry Roquemore, Stanley Blystone, Lloyd Ingraham, James C. Morton, Russ Powell, Bob Reeves

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?