The Man from Dakota (1940)

Directed by

Leslie Fenton

Genre

drama film, Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the American Civil War, a Union soldier and a Confederate soldier escape a prison camp and travel together through dangerous territory. Two escaped prisoners must rely on each other to survive.

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What happens

The Man from Dakota is a 1940 American Civil War film directed by Leslie Fenton and starring Wallace Beery and Dolores del Río. The film was adapted by Laurence Stallings from the novel Arouse and Beware by MacKinlay Kantor. Francis Ford makes an unbilled appearance as a horseman on a bridge and Buddy Roosevelt also appears in an uncredited role, usually referred to as "Officer #1." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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