Dark Command
“A drama of undying love.”
Director
Raoul Walsh
Screenplay
F. Hugh Herbert, Grover Jones
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.
Release
Apr 15, 1940
Budget
—
Country
United States of America
Revenue
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Cast
Claire Trevor
Miss Mary McCloud
John Wayne
Bob Seton
Walter Pidgeon
William 'Will' Cantrell
Roy Rogers
Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
Porter Hall
Angus McCloud
Marjorie Main
Mrs. Cantrell / Mrs. Adams
Joe Sawyer
Bushropp
Helen MacKellar
Mrs. Hale
J. Farrell MacDonald
Dave
Trevor Bardette
Mr. Hale
Ernie Adams
Townsman
Richard Alexander
Phil - Guerrilla Guarding Seton
Hank Bell
Townsman
Ray Bennett
Guerrilla
Stanley Blystone
Tough
Ed Brady
Juror
Al Bridge
Slave Trader
Nora Bush
Townswoman
Budd Buster
Townsman
Yakima Canutt
Townsman on Balcony
Horace B. Carpenter
Townsman
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Guerrilla
Edmund Cobb
Juror #3
Harry Cording
Angry Townsman in Bank
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