| Dakota Lil | |
| Director: | Lesley Selander |
| Producer: | Jack Jungmeyer |
| Screenplay: | Maurice Geraghty |
| Story: | Frank Gruber |
| Starring: | George Montgomery Rod Cameron Marie Windsor John Emery Wallace Ford Jack Lambert |
| Music: | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Cinematography: | Jack Greenhalgh |
| Editing: | Francis D. Lyon |
| Studio: | 20th Century Fox |
| Distributor: | 20th Century Fox |
| Runtime: | 88 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Dakota Lil is a 1950 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Maurice Geraghty. The film stars George Montgomery, Rod Cameron, Marie Windsor, John Emery, Wallace Ford and Jack Lambert. The film was released on February 17, 1950, by 20th Century Fox.[1] [2] [3]
Secret Service agent Tom Horn (George Montgomery) is dispatched to the West to apprehend a gang of counterfeiters. Horn begins his mission by gaining the trust of dance-hall girl Dakota Lil (Windsor), who is one of the gang's leaders. Dakota Lil, portrayed by Windsor, also performs as a saloon singer. She leads Horn to Harve Logan (Rod Cameron), the mastermind of the operation. Logan, characterized by Cameron, is a violent psychopath who murders three individuals by strangling them with a riding strap. When Dakota Lil discovers Horn's true identity as a federal agent, she initially contemplates killing him but ultimately decides to assist him due to her romantic feelings for him.