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