When the Daltons Rode (1940)
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33% of users liked it
(871 ratings)
When the Daltons Rode is the much-embellished tale of that celebrated outlaw family, the Daltons. Broderick Crawford, Brian Donlevy, Stu Erwin and Frank Albertson play the gunslinging brothers, with Mary Gordon on hand as Ma Dalton. In the tradition of the 1939 western Jesse James, the film… More When the Daltons Rode is the much-embellished tale of that celebrated outlaw family, the Daltons. Broderick Crawford, Brian Donlevy, Stu Erwin and Frank Albertson play the gunslinging brothers, with Mary Gordon on hand as Ma Dalton. In the tradition of the 1939 western Jesse James, the film whitewashes the Daltons, showing them being forced into committing their crimes by duplicitous railroad interests. There's plenty of comic banter and byplay until about twenty minutes from the end; then the film becomes a nonstop marathon of action, halted only by the Daltons' fateful (and for the most part fatal) bank robbery in Coffeyville, Kansas. Randolph Scott is the nominal hero, a lawyer who befriends the boys and tries to dissuade them from their life of crime. When the Daltons Rode ends with all four brothers dead as doornails--even though the script was based on the autobiography of the surviving Dalton! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Marshall
- Written By
- Harold Shumate
- Genres
- Western, Action & Adventure, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1940 Wide
- On DVD
- Jun 1, 2004
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
One of the best made B-Westerns.
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Cast
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Randolph Scott
as Tom Jackson
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Kay Francis
as Julie King
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Brian Donlevy
as Grat Dalton
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George Bancroft
as Caleb Winters
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Broderick Crawford
as Bob Dalton
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Stuart Erwin
as Ben Dalton
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Andy Devine
as Ozark
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Frank Albertson
as Emmett Dalton
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Mary Gordon
as Ma Dalton
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Harvey Stephens
as Rigby
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Edgar Dearing
as Sheriff
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Quen Ramsey
as Wilson
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Dorothy Granger
as Nancy
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Fay McKenzie
as Hannah
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Walter Soderling
as Judge Swain
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Mary Ainslee
as Minnie
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Erville Alderson
as District Attorney Wade
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Sally Payne
as Annabella
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June Wilkins
as Suzy
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Edgar Buchanan
as Man at Livery Stable
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Jack Clifford
as Deputy
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Harry Cording
as Sam Fleeson
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Kernan Cripps
as Freight Agent
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Robert Dudley
as Juror Pete Norris
- William Gould
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Tom London
as Lyncher
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Walter Long
as Deputies on Train
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Lafe [Lafayette] McKee
as Doctor
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Bob McKenzie
as Photographer
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Dorothy Moore
as Girl
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James C. Morton
as Juror Ed Pickett
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Russell Powell
as Engineer
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Pat West
as Pete the Restaurant Owner
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George Guhl
as Deputy in Baggage Car
- Ed Brady
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Bob Reeves
as Henchman
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John Beck
as Native
