When the Daltons Rode

When the Daltons Rode

81 mins | Western | Aug. 23, 1940

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?

When the Daltons Rode

81 mins | Western | Aug. 23, 1940

When the Daltons Rode
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?
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title When the Daltons Rode
Directors Vernon Keays, George Marshall
Writers Jack Jungmeyer, Emmett Dalton, Harold Shumate

Cast

Randolph Scott

as Tod Jackson

Kay Francis

as Julie King

Brian Donlevy

as Grat Dalton

George Bancroft

as Caleb Winters

Broderick Crawford

as Bob Dalton

Stuart Erwin

as Ben Dalton

Andy Devine

as Ozark

Frank Albertson

as Emmett Dalton

Mary Gordon

as Ma Dalton

Harvey Stephens

as Rigby

Edgar Dearing

as Sheriff

Quen Ramsey

as Wilson

Dorothy Granger

as Nancy

Fay McKenzie

as Hannah

Walter Soderling

as Judge Lucius Thorndown [Judge Swain in credits]

Mary Ainslee

as Minnie

Erville Alderson

as District Attorney Wade

Sally Payne

as Annabella

June Wilkins

as Suzy

Edgar Buchanan

as Narrator / Old-Timer (uncredited)

Robert McKenzie

as Photographer

Frank Austin

as Townsman

Jack Baxley

as Townsman

John Beck

as Townsman

Stanley Blystone

as Deputy on Train

Ed Brady

as Deputy on Train

Mary Cassidy

as Girl

Jack Rube Clifford

as Deputy on Train

Harry Cording

as Rigby Henchman

Kernan Cripps

as Freight Agent

Charles Dorety

as Oklahoma Townsman

Robert Dudley

as Pete Norris - Juror

Tom Fadden

as Townsman

James Flavin

as Annabella's Brother

William Gould

as Deputy on Train

George Guhl

as Deputy in Baggage Car

Lloyd Ingraham

as Second Train Engineer

Joe King

as Oklahoma Sheriff

Bob Kortman

as Rigby Henchman

Ethan Laidlaw

as Rigby Henchman

Tom London

as Lyncher

Walter Long

as Deputy on Train

Ian Maclaren

as Crony #2

Lafe McKee

as Doctor

Charles McMurphy

as Deputy Sheriff

Dorothy Moore

as Girl

James C. Morton

as Ed Pickett - Juror

Eddie Parker

as Mason - Rigby Henchman

James Pierce

as Deputy Sheriff

Russ Powell

as First Train Engineer

Bob Reeves

as Henchman

Henry Roquemore

as Jim Osborne - Juror

Don Rowan

as Annabella's Brother

Forrest Taylor

as The Bailiff

Cyril Thornton

as First Cronie

Pat West

as Pete - Restaurant Counterman