The last coup of the Dalton gang
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| German title | The last coup of the Dalton gang |
| Original title | The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1979 |
| length | 147 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Dan Curtis |
| script | Earl W. Wallace |
| production | Joseph Stern |
| music | Bob Cobert |
| camera | Frank Stanley |
| cut | Dennis Virkler |
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The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (original title: The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang ) is an American television film from 1979, which has the lives of some Dalton brothers to the content.
action
Hollywood, CA, June 6, 1934. Two old companions, Emmett Dalton and Bitter Creek, meet outside a real estate office. Emmett pulls the revolver, Bitter Creek keeps up. A young reporter de-escalates the situation and invites them to a bar. There he gets the two of them to tell stories from the time of the wild west.
Montgomery County, KS, 1876. Frank and Jesse James and Cole Younger, a Dalton cousin, visit Dalton Farm on their way to Northfield, Minnesota . Grat, Bob and Emmett, still boys, are fascinated. Her brother, Marshall Frank Dalton, agrees with the outlaws that they will leave his district (Emmett, narrator: "It was very exciting for us boys our age to learn that we were blood related to an outlawed legend. good or bad, it made us feel proud. ”).
Coffeyville, KS, October 23, 1890. Bob, Grat, and Emmett have a bad name and hang out with uneducated people like Billy Doolin, Bitter Creek, Bill Powers, Texas Jack, and Blackface. Bob Dalton gets into an argument with a gunslinger and shoots him - much to the annoyance of his brother Frank, still Marshall. Shortly afterwards, Frank is shot on duty. Also at the funeral is Judge Parker, who now swears Bob, Grat and Emmett as Marshalls out of respect for Frank (Emmett as narrator: "We three felt like we were newly baptized. Deputies of the gallows judge Isaac Parker"). They manage to track down their brother's murderer, the bootlegger Charles Montgomery. When he escapes, he is shot by Will Smith, who apparently does the dirty work for the California Pacific Railway Company.
Kingfisher, OK, Christmas Eve 1890. While still marshals, the Daltons meet Bill Doolin and his friends again, who have stolen horses. Since they haven't received any pay for some time, Doolin manages to convince them to sell the horses and share the profits. As a buyer they find the brothel owner Flo Quick, who enters the horse trade with them and starts a relationship with Bob Dalton. Bob Dalton has the gang named after his name.
“Doolin (to Bob): Why do we call ourselves the Dalton Gang? Please explain that to us!
Bob: It's very easy, Billy. Gangs are always named after the leader. Like the Jesse and Younger gang.
Doolin: That's not a reason for me. I could be the leader too, (the rest of them laugh) well.
Bob: Billy, first of all, you have no leadership skills. I have it. Second: Doolin gang sounds stupid (laughter).
Grat or Emmett: Doolin is a strange name.
Bitter Creek: Do you know what I'm thinking? We do it very democratically: we vote (happy reactions from some)!
Bob: It's good, it's good. We vote! Grat, you piss anyone off who votes for Billy!
Burr: Okay, Bob.
Doolin: Hey Bob! That should be democratic? "
After a shootout breaks out in the Mexican Archulleta's casino, Judge Parker has the brothel razed to the ground and dismisses the Daltons (Parker: “Would you mind telling me what devil rode you when you were tried to rob that scoundrel Archulleta, with whom half of the influential people in the area have gambling debts? ”). A further approach is out of the question for the lawyer.
Kingsberg, CA, May 16, 1891. Bob, Grat, and Emmett join their brother Bill, who is running for governor of California .
Fresno, CA, June 16, 1891. Flo Quick arrives, Emmett forms delicate bonds with Julie Williams, the Reverend's daughter, and it appears that all of the Daltons will become honorable citizens. When Bill Dalton promises his constituents to take action against the corrupt practices of the California Pacific, he turns Will Smith against him.
San Francisco, October 16, 1891. Smith tried to prevent the election of Bill Dalton and fabricated a raid on the Alila railroad depot, of which he accused Bob Grat and Emmet. When trying to arrest the brothers, Bob and Emmett manage to escape, and Grat is jailed.
Hole in the wall country, OK, December 14, 1891. Bob, Emmett, Flo and Julie find their way back to Bill Doolin and his people. When Bob sees a newspaper article there that shows Grat as "shot while trying to escape" and Bill Dalton was expelled from California, the gang begins to rob trains. The escaped ridge, which was only mistakenly declared dead, joins later.
Chicago's Raquet club, June 24, 1892. Leland Stanford, owner of the Californian Pacific, is blamed for the Daltons' mischief by the owners of the other railroad companies.
Fort Smith, Arkansas , July 27, 1892. Despite allegations from Will Smith, Judge Parker remains unwilling to take action against the Daltons, among other things because, unlike the railroad lobby, they do not take action against poor people. He also warns Smith of illegal activities.
Adair, Oklahoma , August 21, 1892. Flo Quick, in disguise, tries to get information about valuable railroad transportation. Will Smith can now estimate the next train robbery and has this train heavily armed. However, the bandits ambush the train from the station. There is a shooting, the gang escapes.
Bob and Emmett forge marriage plans and want to leave for Mexico. In order to make enough provisions for the future and to surpass the deeds of Jesse James, Bob wants to rob two banks in Coffeyville on the same day. Besides the Daltons, Willie Powers and Broadwell are also involved. Will Smith learns of the planned robbery through a men's tailor, who is being redesigned by the gang. He is holed up in Coffeyville with 50 men and has no plans to cooperate with the local law enforcement officers. Judge Parker finds out about all of this and goes to Coffeyville with enough people.
October 5, 1892. Bob and Emmett raid First National Bank, the others raid Condon Bank. There Grat is told that the vault cannot be opened at any time due to a timer. Grat and his companions come under fire. In the event of a failure, all three are shot down. Bob wants to rush to the brother's help and also shot. When Emmett rides on his horse to join his brothers lying on the ground, no one shoots, to Smith's displeasure. Emmett wants to pull the badly wounded Bob onto his horse. Smith gets a shotgun thrown from his henchman Sims and aims. At that moment, Parker and his men arrive, and Parker tells Smith to drop the gun. Smith shoots Emmett twice, Emmett falls seriously wounded from his horse, Parker pronounces Smith's arrest, Smith draws his revolver and is shot by Parker. Emmett is still alive and cared for by the citizens.
(1934) Emmett mentions his 14 years in prison, then invites Bitter Creek to dinner. Julie, Emmett's wife, is waiting at the intersection.
Film plot and transmitted historical reality
The opening credits document “What follows here is not intended to be an accurate re-creation of historical fact. Not that it matters. " Nevertheless, it has a documentary character, since the film shows place and time twelve times. Compared to other film adaptations (When the Daltons Rode - 1940, The last day - 1975), the TV film from 1979 only focuses on the Daltons, and 147 minutes of playing time also give you the opportunity to go into breadth and depth.
Bitter Creek was shot in 1895. Emmett was unable to meet him in 1934, as shown in the film.
In 1876 , members of the James Younger Gang (Cole Younger was a nephew of Ma Dalton) were on the run again and again. In the film they visited the Dalton farm in Kansas, in 1876 the Daltons were still living in Missouri (The Life Story of Emmett Dalton, daltondatabank.org).
Frank Dalton (* 1859) was a marshal under Justice Parker's jurisdiction and was shot on duty in 1887. In the film, he was marshal as early as 1876 and was shot in 1890 at the age of 42.
Gang members mentioned as narrators in the Emmett Dalton film (Bitter Creek, Doolin, Blackface, Broadwell, Powers, McElhennie) actually existed. (Legends of America, The Dalton Brothers - Lawmen & Outlaws)
U.S. Marshals : Burr and Bob served as marshals as shown in the film and fell under Judge Parker's jurisdiction. Emmett was only a temporary worker (Daltons as Lawmen, Juliet Galonska; with reference to The Dalton Gang Story, Nancy Samuelson).
Charlie Montgomery , August 1889. Bob Dalton was supposed to arrest him for whiskey trading in Indian Territory, had him shot and took him to Fort Smith. Since no one complained about the body, Bob had to pay for the funeral. In the film, Montgomery is caught by the Daltons and shot by the railway detective, it is also discussed that the Daltons may have to pay for funeral expenses (Legends of America, The Dalton Brothers - Lawmen & Outlaws).
Bill Dalton served in the California legislature but did not run for governor as shown in the film. Railroad worker Leland Stanford was not elected governor as a rival candidate by Bill Dalton, as mentioned in the Emmett film. Furthermore, the election year was not 1891, as shown in the film, but 1890 ( Henry Markham was elected ). Stanford was actually governor of California from 1861 to 1863.
Railway detective Will Smith was the Southern Pacific Railway Chief of Police. Since there were some unexplained railroad robberies after the Daltons arrived in California and the politically active Bill Dalton repeatedly spoke out against the railroad companies, he suspected the Daltons (Man-Hunters of the Old West, Robert K. DeArment, 2017 University of Oklahoma Press) .
Alila : In February 1891, a railroad train was ambushed in Alila, the Dalton gang was accused, and Grat and Bill Dalton were arrested and charged. Bill was acquitted, Burr convicted. In many sources there is weak evidence. Burr fled, there are also two representations about the escape (The infamous Dalton gang terrorizes the country). The film implies that the robbery at Alila was fabricated by Smith. Grat also mentions that he broke out of prison with a fellow inmate.
US Marshal Heck Thomas (1850–1912) was considered a relentless pursuer of the Daltons. Emmett mentioned that Thomas was the main reason for the two raids on October 5, 1892, the Dalton gang wanted to come in for a lot of money and then leave the territory. In the film, Thomas only has a very subordinate role as Parker's collaborator. (Heck Thomas - Tough Law in Indian Territory, Legends of America).
Adair : The robbery on a train in the Adair train station shown in the film took place in July 1892, as in the film there was also an additional guard on the train. (The Dalton Gang Train Robbery at Adair, IT)
Coffeyville, October 5, 1892. The gang's intentions were only discovered during the raids. Some citizens armed themselves and attacked the bandits. After everyone except Emmett had already been shot, Emmett wanted to help his brother Bob. Then he was shot too. In the film you were prepared for the attack.
Reviews and prices
1980 Western Heritage Award (Fictional Television Drama)
DVD
In September 2017, SchröderMedia released a DVD of the film, which, contrary to the information on the cover, also has the original version of the film.
Web links
- The last coup of the Dalton Gang in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.daltondatabank.org/Chronicles/Emmett_Dalton.htm
- ↑ a b https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-daltonbrothers/
- ↑ https://www.nps.gov/fosm/learn/historyculture/daltons-as-lawmen.htm
- ↑ http://ccheadliner.com/opinion/the-infamous-dalton-gang-terrorizes-the-country/article_748922f8-8edf-11e5-b3d7-334ee167f2b1.html
- ↑ https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-heckthomas/