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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781417002467
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 1417002468
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 01, 2004
Running Time: 81 minutes
Sales Rank: 53834
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1940
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Solid Stunts and Comedy Make This Tragic Western Palatable
Nobody else but George Marshall with his characteristic knack for comedy could have helmed the 1940 western horse opera "When the Daltons Rode." This entertaining but uneven blend of humor and hell-raising in what constitutes a biography of the Dalton gang boasts top-flight stunt work but a lightweight approach to an inherently tragic sub-genre within westerns--the outlaw opus. When Universal Studios released this movie, the Hays Office dictated that criminals must not profit from their perfidy, ... Read More
Rating:  - "When the Daltons Rode (1940) ... Randolph Scott ... Universal Pictures Classic Westerns"
Universal Pictures presents "WHEN THE DALTONS RODE" (1940) (81 mins/B&W) (Dolby digitally remastered) --- Starring Randolph Scott, Kay Francis, Brian Donlevy, George Bancroft & Broderick Crawford --- Directed by George Marshall and released in February 1, 1941, our story line and film, 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 ... Read More
Rating: - One of Scott's Weakest Films
Occasionally, Hollywood will put someone in a picture and give them top billing even though their performance basically amounts to a cameo role.
Such is the case for the great Randolph Scott, who finds himself the titular star of When The Daltons Rode when he's not on the screen much at all. And for that, he should have felt fortunate, because this is not a good movie.
And it's not because it's grossly inaccurate, although that's true (the Dalton's have a saintly Irish mother. ... Read More
Rating:  - The Daltons Surely Are Rolling Over in Their Graves
I am not going to be kind to this movie, mostly because the great Randolph Scott is utterly wasted as the lawyer family friend who steals Bob Dalton's girl. The first 20 minutes are slow enough to put you to sleep, but then the action kicks in. The action is ruined by too much comedy relief, in the character "Ozark," who renders what should be serious material into a one-man vaudeville act.
In it's defense, the movie does have some good action scenes, but overall they are depicted so ... Read More
Rating: - Light Hearted Historically Distorted Western
If one is expecting a historical piece on the Dalton gang, this is not it. Though based on a story written by Emmett Dalton, this western is pure B-Hollywood despite the presence of Randolph Scott, a cowbay star a notch above the B western heroes. This is a light western where one should just sit back and enjoy. Andy Devine and an uncreditted Edgar Buchanan are pure delight. Broderick Crawford's fast talking style is typical Highway Patrol of the 50's. This was released many years before All the King's Men ... Read More
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