Fargo 71 years old

HE BLAZED HIS WAY ACROSS SAVAGE PLAINS...and wrote his name in powder-smoke...in the town the law forgot!

The brother (House Peters Jr.) of rancher Bill Martin (Bill Elliott) is killed in a stampede started by cattleman. Bill returns to the Fargo country to take his brother's place and is welcomed by law-abiding cattleman MacKenzie (Jack Ingram)) and his daughter Kathy (Phyllis Coates). The leader of the ruthless cattle interests are townsman Austin (Arthur Space) and his henchmen Red (Myron Healey), Link (Robert J. Wilke) and Albord (Terry Frost). Bill has the idea of putting up barbed wire to keep the herds from been driven over the land cultivated by the farmers. He, aided by Tad Sloan (Fuzzy Knight), produces the wire by make-shift methods, but it proves effective. The cattleman charge in court that the wire is dangerous to their herds but lose the case. Austin orders his men to seize Bill, bale him in strands of the wire, and throw him on the stage of the town hall during a fall festival. Bill doesn't take kindly to this and it precipitates open war.

Credits

Fargo Cast

Name Character
Phyllis Coates She was 25, now 97 years old as Kathy MacKenzie
Fuzzy Knight He was 51, 74 years old when he died as Tad Sloan
Robert Bray He was 34, 65 years old when he died as Ed Murdock
Denver Pyle He was 32, 77 years old when he died as Carey
Robert J. Wilke He was 38, 74 years old when he died as Link - Henchman (as Robert Wilke)
Richard Reeves He was 40, 54 years old when he died as Bartender
Myron Healey He was 29, 82 years old when he died as Red Olsen
Stanley Andrews He was 61, 77 years old when he died as Judge Bruce
Tim Ryan He was 20, 16 years old when he died as Sam
Arthur Space He was 43, 74 years old when he died as Austin
Terry Frost He was 36, 87 years old when he died as Alvord - Henchman
Gene Roth He was 49, 73 years old when he died as Blacksmith (as Eugene Roth)
Florence Lake She was 48, 76 years old when she died as Maggie
Jack Ingram He was 18, now 53 years old as Rancher MacKenzie
Wild Bill Elliott He was 47, 61 years old when he died as Bill Martin

Fargo Crew

Name Department
Joseph F. Poland as Writer. He was 60 (69) years old when He died Writing
Vincent M. Fennelly as Producer. He was 32 (80) years old when He died Production
Jack DeWitt as Writer. He was 52 (81) years old when He died Writing
Lewis D. Collins as Director. He was 53 (55) years old when He died Directing
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Fargo (71 years)

HE BLAZED HIS WAY ACROSS SAVAGE PLAINS...and wrote his name in powder-smoke...in the town the law forgot!

  • Release day: Sunday, September 07, 1952
  • Runtime: 69 minutes