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Dark Command

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Calorie Rating: 132
Released: 1940-04-15
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Studios: Republic Pictures,


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.

Director / Directors

Raoul Walsh
Director


Cast

Claire Trevor
Character: Miss Mary McCloud
John Wayne
Character: Bob Seton
Walter Pidgeon
Character: William 'Will' Cantrell

Roy Rogers
Character: Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Character: Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
Porter Hall
Character: Angus McCloud

Marjorie Main
Character: Mrs. Cantrell / Mrs. Adams
Raymond Walburn
Character: Judge Buckner
Joe Sawyer
Character: Bushropp

Helen MacKellar
Character: Mrs. Hale
J. Farrell MacDonald
Character: Dave
Trevor Bardette
Character: Mr. Hale

Ernie Adams
Character: Townsman
Richard Alexander
Character: Phil - Guerrilla Guarding Seton
Earl Askam
Character: Guerrilla

Hank Bell
Character: Townsman
Ray Bennett
Character: Guerrilla
Stanley Blystone
Character: Tough

Ed Brady
Character: Juror
Al Bridge
Character: Slave Trader
Roy Bucko
Character: Brawler

Nora Bush
Character: Townswoman
Budd Buster
Character: Townsman
Yakima Canutt
Character: Townsman on Balcony

Bob Card
Character: Townsman
Horace B. Carpenter
Character: Townsman
Burr Caruth
Character: Minister

Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Character: Guerrilla
Edmund Cobb
Character: Juror #3
Tex Cooper
Character: Townsman

Harry Cording
Character: Angry Townsman in Bank
Bobby Crandall
Character: Child
Marvin Davis
Character: Child

Art Dillard
Character: Guerrilla
John Dilson
Character: Town Leader
Edward Earle
Character: Town Leader

Betty Farrington
Character: Townswoman
Robert Ferrero
Character: Child
Joseph Forte
Character: Townsman

Mildred Gover
Character: Ellie - Mary's Maid
Herman Hack
Character: Townsman
Frank Hagney
Character: Tough Yankee #2

Al Haskell
Character: Townsman
Edward Hearn
Character: Jury Foreman
Howard Hickman
Character: Southerner Orating for Votes

Lloyd Ingraham
Character: Townsman
Jack Kirk
Character: Guerrilla
Ethan Laidlaw
Character: Guerrilla

Mike Lally
Character: Townsman
Tom London
Character: Messenger
Walter Long
Character: Townsman

Jack Low
Character: Juror #2
Herbert MacGregor
Character: Child
Cactus Mack
Character: Townsman

Nelson McDowell
Character: Farmer
Joe McGuinn
Character: Guerrilla
John Merton
Character: Cantrell Man

Jack Montgomery
Character: Guerrilla
Dolly Nardon
Character: Child
Lawrence Osman
Character: Child

Russell Palmer
Character: Child
Harvard Peck
Character: Child
Dick Rich
Character: Dental Patient #1

Lee Riggin
Character: Child
Jack Rockwell
Character: Assassin of Angus McCloud
Clinton Rosemond
Character: Tom - McClouds' Servant

Tom Smith
Character: Posse Rider
Harry Strang
Character: Man About to Withdraw Money from Bank
Glenn Strange
Character: Tough Yankee #1

Bob Sáenz
Character: Guerrilla
Hal Taliaferro
Character: Angry Townsman in Bank
Al Taylor
Character: Guerrilla

Ferris Taylor
Character: Banker
Ernest Tobey
Character: Child
Ethel Wales
Character: Townswoman

Cecil Weston
Character: Townswoman
Henry Wills
Character: Guerrilla
Harry Woods
Character: Man in Fight with Seton

Bob Woodward
Character: Yankee
Michael Miller
Character: Child


Production and Crew

Grover Jones
Screenplay
Jan Fortune
Adaptation

Lionel Houser
Screenplay

Adele Palmer
Costume Design
Victor Young
Original Music Composer
Jack A. Marta
Director of Photography