The Black Dakotas (1954)
- Starring:
- Gary Merrill, Wanda Hendrix, (more)
- Director(s):
- Ray Nazarro
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Synopsis of The Black Dakotas
Gary Merrill heads the cast of the unorthodox western The Black Dakotas. The story is set during the Civil War, as President Lincoln tries to mollify the Sioux Indians in order to free up soldiers for more important fighting. Disguised as a Northerner, Brock Marsh (Gary Merrill) intercepts Lincoln's emissary and heads into Sioux territory himself, hoping to steal Union gold for the Southern cause, and to stir up an Indian war between the Sioux and the Dakotas, who have already cast their lot with the North. It soon develops that Marsh doesn't care who wins the war; he wants to abscond with the gold himself. Wanda Hendrix, who despite her divorce from Audie Murphy was still regularly employed in westerns, costars as the daughter of Southern spy Fay Roope, and the sweetheart of good-guy stagecoach driver John Bromfield. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Black Dakotas
- Gary Merrill - Brock Marsh
- John Bromfield - Mike Daugherty
- James Griffith - Warren
- Peter Whitney - Grimes
- Jay Silverheels - Black Buffalo
- Robert Griffin - Boggs
- Chris Alcaide - Burke
- Noah Beery, Jr. - "Gimpy" Joe Woods
- Robert Simon - Marshal Collins
- Wanda Hendrix - Ruth Lawrence
- Howard Wendell - Judge Baker
- Richard Webb - Frank Gibbs
- John War Eagle - War Cloud
- George Keymas - Spotted Deer
- Clayton Moore - Stone
- Frank Wilcox - Zachary Paige
- Fay Roope - John Lawrence
- Director(s):
- Ray Nazarro
- Writer(s):
- Ray Buffum, DeVallon Scott
- Producer(s):
- Wallace MacDonald
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