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      When the Daltons Rode

      1940 1h 20m Western List
      Reviews 54% 500+ Ratings Audience Score Tod Jackson (Randolph Scott) 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 (Broderick Crawford), 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. Read More Read Less

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      Steve D Not enough Kay to entertain. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/17/24 Full Review Audience Member Really good Western here highly recommend James Welch, Henderson, Arkansas November 16, 2023 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/19/23 Full Review Audience Member "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. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews One of the best made B-Westerns. Rated: A- Jun 3, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Tod Jackson (Randolph Scott) 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 (Broderick Crawford), 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