When the Daltons Rode

IMDb link: 0033254
IMDb rating: 6.4 (1,027 votes)
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western, Romance
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Randolph Scott, Brian Donlevy, Kay Francis, George Bancroft and others

Release date: 23 Aug 1940
Release year: 1940
Runtime: 81 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: outlaw western, sapphire ring, wild west history, prologue, year 1891, 19th century, 1890s, brother brother relationship, dalton gang, framed for murder

Plot:

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 fiancee Julie?

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