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The Black Dakotas is a american film of genre Romance directed by Ray Nazarro released in USA on 2 september 1954 with Gary Merrill
The Black Dakotas (1954)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 2 september 1954
Length 1h5
Directed by Ray Nazarro
OriginUSA
Themes Political films
Rating54%
The Black Dakotas is a Columbia Pictures Technicolor Western spy film set during the War Between the States. Directed by Ray Nazarro and filmed at the Iverson Movie Ranch, the film stars Gary Merrill as a cold blooded secret agent using the war for his own ends. The film features The Lone Ranger television series Jay Silverheels and Clayton Moore in separate roles as well as Richard Webb of Captain Midnight.
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Over footage from The Man from Colorado, opening titles inform the audience that during the Civil War the Confederate States of America sent agitators to the American West to incite Indian tribes against the Federal Government to draw troops away from battles in the East.Actors
Gary Merrill
(Brock Marsh (alias Zachary Paige))
Wanda Hendrix
(Ruth Lawrence)
John Bromfield
(Mike Daugherty)
Noah Beery, Jr
('Gimpy' Joe Woods)
Fay Roope
(John Lawrence)
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