Dakota Lil

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Dakota Lil
Dakota Lil poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Lesley Selander
Screenplay by Maurice Geraghty
Story by Frank Gruber
Produced byJack Jungmeyer
Starring George Montgomery
Rod Cameron
Marie Windsor
John Emery
Wallace Ford
Jack Lambert
CinematographyJack Greenhalgh
Edited by Francis D. Lyon
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin
Production
company
Distributed byTwentieth Century-Fox
Release dates
  • February 17, 1950 (1950-02-17)(Los Angeles) [1]
  • March 2, 1950 (1950-03-02)(New York) [2]
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Dakota Lil is a 1950 American Cinecolor Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Maurice Geraghty. The film stars George Montgomery, Rod Cameron, Marie Windsor, John Emery, Wallace Ford and Jack Lambert. It was released on February 17, 1950, by Twentieth Century-Fox. [3] [4]

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Plot

Secret Service agent Tom Horn is dispatched to the West to apprehend a gang of counterfeiters. Horn begins his mission by gaining the trust of dancehall girl and saloon singer Dakota Lil, who is one of the gang's leaders. She leads Horn to Harve Logan, the mastermind of the operation. Logan is a violent psychopath who murders three individuals by strangling them with a riding strap. When Dakota Lil discovers Horn's true identity as a federal agent, she initially contemplates killing him but ultimately decides to assist him because of her romantic feelings for him.

Cast

Reception

In a contemporary review for The New York Times , critic Bosley Crowther called Dakota Lil a "frank adventure film" and wrote: "[E]ven with Marie Windsor playing the temptatious role in an assortment of off-the-shoulder dresses and in a wickedly coquettish style, we're afraid that her powerful fascinations will not overwhelm the audience. As a matter of fact, we have good reason to suspect they will put folks to sleep. For the story is woefully hackneyed, the action is dismally routine and the actors, including Miss Windsor and George Montgomery, are downright grim. Furthermore, Cinecolor casts a pale and sickly hue over all. The best way to view this picture is as a juvenile indiscretion of all concerned." [2]

Critic Edwin Schallert of the Los Angeles Times wrote: "'Dakota Lil' has a scenario treatment well above the average for a western. Just who is going to work in behalf of whom becomes an interesting problem in the picture. ... The picture ends badly with too many rescuers. It is likely to get an undesired laugh after going pretty well the rest of the way." [1]

Comic-book adaptation

References

  1. 1 2 Schallert, Edwin (February 18, 1950). "'Captain China' Rugged Maritime Melodrama". Los Angeles Times . p. 10.
  2. 1 2 Crowther, Bosley (March 3, 1950). "The Screen: A Very Busy Miss". The New York Times . p. 21.
  3. ↑ "Dakota Lil (1950) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. February 17, 1950. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Dakota Lil". Afi.com. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Fawcett: Dakota Lil". Grand Comics Database.
  6. ↑ Fawcett: Dakota Lil at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original )
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