

When the Daltons Rode
WANTED DEAD or ALIVE SCREAMED THE NATION WHEN the DALTONS ROAD
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?
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- English
- brother
- kansas, usa
- outlaw
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United StatesUS
- PremiereNRCoffeyville, Kansas25 Jul 1940
- Theatrical (limited)New York City, New York23 Aug 1940
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalCuts were made to remove images showing horses falling into water from a height. (Rated A)5 Sept 1940
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1612 Sept 1952
SwedenSE
- Theatrical151 Feb 1941
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When the Daltons Rode was released on 23 August 1940.
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2- G7/10
giant13
9/8/2021
Action packed western about the real life Dalton gang with truth stretching of course, but that doesn’t affect the fun. Randy was certainly under used here, since he doesn’t even hold a gun during the entire film, but that makes sense since he wasn’t part of the gang. A slow start meets the half way point that marks the beginning of a 45 minute nonstop action string of set pieces that ends predictably, with the gang’…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
4/4/2022
This is quite a solid western adventure depicting how the unstoppable railroad and their developers rode roughshod over all in their path. The "Dalton" family are one such family and when they engage "Jackson" (Randolph Scott) to help them out legally, to obviously no avail, they resort to lawlessness and start making life difficult for the trains and pursuing law enforcement alike. Scott actually features quite spar…
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