Western

Dakota Lil

Female outlaw helps lawmen trap railroad bandits.

Release Date : 1950-02-17

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Edward L. Alperson Productions20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Tom Horn / Steve Garrett

Original Name : George Montgomery

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harve Logan / Kid Curry

Original Name : Rod Cameron

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dakota Lil

Original Name : Marie Windsor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Vincent

Original Name : John Emery

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carter

Original Name : Wallace Ford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dummy

Original Name : Jack Lambert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff

Original Name : Larry Johns

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blonde Singer

Original Name : Marion Martin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Secret Service Chief

Original Name : James Flavin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Butch Cassidy

Original Name : Walter Sande

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff's Wife

Original Name : Lillian Bronson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Fletch, Sentry (as Ken MacDonald)

Original Name : Kenneth MacDonald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bartender

Original Name : Clancy Cooper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cashier

Original Name : Bill Perrott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rurales Captain (as Albert Morin)

Original Name : Alberto Morin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ellis

Original Name : J. Farrell MacDonald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barfly

Original Name : Victor Adamson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barfly

Original Name : Tex Cooper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rurales Sergeant

Original Name : John Dako

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dakota Lil (singing voice)

Original Name : Anita Ellis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mexican

Original Name : Daniel Estrada

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Joel Friedkin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chicken Vendor

Original Name : Nacho Galindo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wheeler

Original Name : Sol Gorss

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agent

Original Name : Tom Greenway

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barfly

Original Name : Herman Hack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barfly

Original Name : Alvin Hammer

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Honour among thieves - Huh? Dakota Lil is directed by Lesley Salander and written by Maurice Geraghty and Frank Gruber. It stars George Montgomery, Rod Cameron, Marie Windsor and Wallace Ford. Music is by Dimitri Tiomkin and cinematography by Jack Greenhalgh. Tom Horn (Montgomery) is a Secret Service agent hunting a counterfeit ring. Getting tight with dance hall gal Lil (Windsor), Horn quickly finds himself in the hornets nest. It's titled after Windsor's character but ultimately it's about Tom Horn during his early years as a good guy before he became a hired gunman. Unfortunately not even the presence of Montgomery and Cameron, two reliable Western performers, can save this lifeless affair. The acting is sub-standard, especially the quite woeful Windsor who seems simply to be a dressage character only. Some of the undercover machinations hold interest, while there are fist-fights and shoot-outs to while away the running time, but even with the latter it's all distinctly routine fodder. Originally filmed in Cinecolor, some sources show a black and white version, which is the one I saw. It's hard to tell if watching it in colour would improve things as per the scenery et al, such is the flatness of the screenplay, direction and acting performances. 4/10

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-12-27

This is quite an enjoyable western crime drama - not least because the leading character is the rather feisty "Dakota Lil" (Marie Windsor). Ostensibly a travelling entertainer - with just the one song, from what I saw - she is also a cunning counterfeiter and is being sought by the authorities. Meantime George Montgomery ("Tom") is on the trail of some train robbers who have pinches $100,000 worth of unsigned bonds, and soon the fate of the two are inextricably linked! Rod Cameron (whom i think looked a lot like Randolph Scott here) turns up in a really nasty guise, playing just about everyone against each other and proving he could deal brutally with those who got in his way, and we have an appearance from the legendary "Hole in the Wall" gang to keep it moving along well, too. It's maybe just a little too long, there isn't enough action to sustain it - indeed the first fifteen minutes could have been condensed easily, but it's still a decent watch with a little more substantial characterisation and a modicum of on screen chemistry between "Lil" and "Tom"