Fargo (1952) Movie Guide, Cast, Credits & Where To Watch

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Fargo Overview

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.

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Fargo Details

User Rating
6.6
Running Time
69
Tagline
HE BLAZED HIS WAY ACROSS SAVAGE PLAINS...and wrote his name in powder-smoke...in the town the law forgot!
Original Title
Fargo
Release Date
1952-09-07 00:00:00
Budget
Revenue

Fargo Career and Cast Highlights

Key credits listed on this page include Lewis D. Collins, Joseph F. Poland, Jack DeWitt, Bill Elliott, Myron Healey, Phyllis Coates, Fuzzy Knight, and Arthur Space.

Fargo Cast and Credits

Fargo Profiles and Sources