Dark Command

Release date: 04/15/1940

Genres:

Drama, Romance, Western

Countries:

United States of America

Rating:

6.3

A drama of undying love.

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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Actors

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

Raymond Walburn

Judge Buckner

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

Budd Buster

Townsman

Yakima Canutt

Townsman on Balcony

Horace B. Carpenter

Townsman

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Guerrilla

Edmund Cobb

Juror #3

Tex Cooper

Townsman

Harry Cording

Angry Townsman in Bank

John Dilson

Town Leader

Edward Earle

Town Leader

Joseph Forte

Townsman

Herman Hack

Townsman

Frank Hagney

Tough Yankee #2

Edward Hearn

Jury Foreman

Howard Hickman

Southerner Orating for Votes

Lloyd Ingraham

Townsman

Jack Kirk

Guerrilla

Ethan Laidlaw

Guerrilla

Tom London

Messenger

Walter Long

Townsman

Cactus Mack

Townsman

Nelson McDowell

Farmer

Joe McGuinn

Guerrilla

John Merton

Cantrell Man

Jack Montgomery

Guerrilla

Dick Rich

Dental Patient #1

Jack Rockwell

Assassin of Angus McCloud

Clinton Rosemond

Tom - McClouds' Servant

Harry Strang

Man About to Withdraw Money from Bank

Glenn Strange

Tough Yankee #1

Bob Sáenz

Guerrilla

Hal Taliaferro

Angry Townsman in Bank

Al Taylor

Guerrilla

Ferris Taylor

Banker

Ethel Wales

Townswoman

Henry Wills

Guerrilla

Harry Woods

Man in Fight with Seton

Bob Woodward

Yankee

Michael Miller

Child

Dark Command

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