Fargo (1952 film)

After his brother’s murder by ruthless ranchers, Bill Martin decides to recreate and fence the land of the ranch they both had inherited from their father; he uses a then new material: barbed wire. Among tensions between ranchers and homesteaders, Bill received the help of cattleman Loren McKenzie and his daughter Kathy. ==Cast==

• Wild Bill Elliott as Bill Martin • Myron Healey as Red Olsen • Phyllis Coates as Kathy MacKenzie • Fuzzy Knight as Tad Sloan • Arthur Space as Austin • Jack Ingram as MacKenzie - Rancher • Robert J. Wilke as Link - Henchman • Terry Frost as Alvord - Henchman • Robert Bray as Ed Murdock • Denver Pyle as Carey • Tim Ryan as Sam • Florence Lake as Maggie • Stanley Andrews as Judge Bruce • Richard Reeves as Bartender • Gene Roth as Blacksmith • I. Stanford Jolley as Farmer • House Peters Jr. as Bill Martin's Brother • Buddy Roosevelt as Henchman == Production ==

The film’s working title was Barbed Wire. But the film is not to be confused with the western film of that name released the same year. == Reception ==

”This is just an average Elliott picture. I would only have it as a double-bill and nothing else.”, wrote the anonymous commentator of new films in the Motion Picture Herald. The Oak Leaf noted the film ”had ridin’, shootin’, and plenty of open spaces” and rated it Very good. ==References==