The Black Dakotas (1954)

Directors

Ray Nazarro

Cast

Chris Alcaide, Clayton Moore, Ethan Laidlaw, Frank Wilcox, Gary Merrill, Hank Mann, James Griffith, Jay Silverheels, Noah Beery Jr., Peter Whitney, Richard Webb, Wanda Hendrix

The story

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. In 1864, a stagecoach containing two passengers is attacked by an armed band, who kill the driver and stop the stage. One of the passengers, Zachary Paige, offers the armed but polite band his money, but is surprised when they inform him that they are not interested in his money, but know his identity as a diplomatic emissary of President Abraham Lincoln's, sent to the…

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