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Dark Command
1940, Apr 15
1h 34m
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.
Directed by
Raoul Walsh
John Wayne
Bob Seton
Claire Trevor
Miss Mary McCloud
Walter Pidgeon
William 'Will' Cantrell
Trevor Bardette
Mr. Hale
Marjorie Main
Mrs. Cantrell / Mrs. Adams
Glenn Strange
Tough Yankee #1
Bob Woodward
Yankee
Harry Woods
Man in Fight with Seton
Roy Rogers
Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud
Jack Kirk
Guerrilla
Lloyd Ingraham
Townsman
Joe Sawyer
Bushropp
Al Bridge
Slave Trader
Stanley Blystone
Tough
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
Porter Hall
Angus McCloud
John Merton
Cantrell Man
Frank Hagney
Tough Yankee #2
Michael Miller
Child
Ethel Wales
Townswoman
J. Farrell MacDonald
Dave
Harry Cording
Angry Townsman in Bank
Howard Hickman
Southerner Orating for Votes
Mike Lally
Townsman
Ed Brady
Juror
Dick Rich
Dental Patient #1
Budd Buster
Townsman
Henry Wills
Guerrilla
Al Taylor
Guerrilla
Tom London
Messenger
Richard Alexander
Phil - Guerrilla Guarding Seton
Hank Bell
Townsman
Hal Taliaferro
Angry Townsman in Bank
Yakima Canutt
Townsman on Balcony
Edmund Cobb
Juror #3
Ernie Adams
Townsman
Joseph Forte
Townsman
Edward Hearn
Jury Foreman
Edward Earle
Town Leader
John Dilson
Town Leader
Cactus Mack
Townsman
Ray Bennett
Guerrilla
Herman Hack
Townsman
Ferris Taylor
Banker
Nelson McDowell
Farmer
Ethan Laidlaw
Guerrilla
Helen MacKellar
Mrs. Hale
Raymond Walburn
Judge Buckner
Walter Long
Townsman
Clinton Rosemond
Tom - McClouds' Servant
Joe McGuinn
Guerrilla
Jack Montgomery
Guerrilla
Harry Strang
Man About to Withdraw Money from Bank
Horace B. Carpenter
Townsman
Jack Rockwell
Assassin of Angus McCloud
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Guerrilla
Tex Cooper
Townsman
Earl Askam
Guerrilla
Roy Bucko
Brawler
Nora Bush
Townswoman
Bob Card
Townsman
Burr Caruth
Minister
Bobby Crandall
Child
Marvin Davis
Child
Art Dillard
Guerrilla
Betty Farrington
Townswoman
Robert Ferrero
Child
Mildred Gover
Ellie - Mary's Maid
Al Haskell
Townsman
Jack Low
Juror #2
Herbert MacGregor
Child
Dolly Nardon
Child
Lawrence Osman
Child
Harvard Peck
Child
Lee Riggin
Child
Ernest Tobey
Child
Cecil Weston
Townswoman
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