Dark Command

Dark Command

Drama · 1940 · 1h 34m

Movie

6.4/10 · TMDB

A drama of undying love.

Overview

When transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the place, especially Mary McCloud, daughter of the local banker. Politics is in the air however. It's just prior to the civil war and there is already a sharp division in the Territory as to whether it will remain slave-free. When he gets the opportunity to run for marshal, Seton finds himself running against the respected local schoolteacher, William Cantrell. Not is what it seems however. While acting as the upstanding citizen in public, Cantrell is dangerously ambitious and is prepared to do anything to make his mark, and his fortune, on the Territory. When he loses the race for marshal, he forms a group of raiders who run guns into the territory and rob and terrorize settlers throughout the territory. Eventually donning Confederate uniforms, it is left to Seton and the good citizens of Lawrence to face Cantrell and his raiders in one final clash.

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Cast & crew

Claire TrevorMiss Mary McCloud
John WayneBob Seton
Walter PidgeonWilliam 'Will' Cantrell
Roy RogersFletcher 'Fletch' McCloud
George 'Gabby' HayesAndrew 'Doc' Grunch
Porter HallAngus McCloud
Marjorie MainMrs. Cantrell / Mrs. Adams
Raymond WalburnJudge Buckner
Joe SawyerBushropp
Helen MacKellarMrs. Hale
J. Farrell MacDonaldDave
Trevor BardetteMr. Hale
Ernie AdamsTownsman
Richard AlexanderPhil - Guerrilla Guarding Seton
Earl AskamGuerrilla

Information

Release date
15 April 1940
Director
Raoul Walsh
Genres
Drama, Romance, Western
Runtime
1h 34m
Country of origin
United States

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