Dark Command

Dark Command (1940)

A drama of undying love.

  • Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
  • Release Date: 1940-04-15
  • User Rating: 6.3/10 from 46 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 34min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Republic Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Raoul Walsh
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From 46 Ratings

Summary

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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  • Claire Trevor

    as Miss Mary McCloud
  • John Wayne

    as Bob Seton
  • Walter Pidgeon

    as William 'Will' Cantrell
  • Roy Rogers

    as Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud
  • George 'Gabby' Hayes

    as Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
  • Porter Hall

    as Angus McCloud
  • Marjorie Main

    as Mrs. Cantrell / Mrs. Adams
  • Raymond Walburn

    as Judge Buckner
  • Joe Sawyer

    as Bushropp
  • Helen MacKellar

    as Mrs. Hale
  • J. Farrell MacDonald

    as Dave
  • Trevor Bardette

    as Mr. Hale
  • Ernie Adams

    as Townsman
  • Richard Alexander

    as Phil - Guerrilla Guarding Seton
  • Earl Askam

    as Guerrilla
  • Hank Bell

    as Townsman
  • Ray Bennett

    as Guerrilla
  • Stanley Blystone

    as Tough
  • Ed Brady

    as Juror
  • Al Bridge

    as Slave Trader
  • Roy Bucko

    as Brawler
  • Nora Bush

    as Townswoman
  • Budd Buster

    as Townsman
  • Yakima Canutt

    as Townsman on Balcony
  • Bob Card

    as Townsman
  • Horace B. Carpenter

    as Townsman
  • Burr Caruth

    as Minister
  • Noble 'Kid' Chissell

    as Guerrilla
  • Edmund Cobb

    as Juror #3
  • Tex Cooper

    as Townsman
  • Harry Cording

    as Angry Townsman in Bank
  • Bobby Crandall

    as Child
  • Marvin Davis

    as Child
  • Art Dillard

    as Guerrilla
  • John Dilson

    as Town Leader
  • Edward Earle

    as Town Leader
  • Betty Farrington

    as Townswoman
  • Robert Ferrero

    as Child
  • Joseph Forte

    as Townsman
  • Mildred Gover

    as Ellie - Mary's Maid
  • Herman Hack

    as Townsman
  • Frank Hagney

    as Tough Yankee #2
  • Al Haskell

    as Townsman
  • Edward Hearn

    as Jury Foreman
  • Howard Hickman

    as Southerner Orating for Votes
  • Lloyd Ingraham

    as Townsman
  • Jack Kirk

    as Guerrilla
  • Ethan Laidlaw

    as Guerrilla
  • Mike Lally

    as Townsman
  • Tom London

    as Messenger
  • Walter Long

    as Townsman
  • Jack Low

    as Juror #2
  • Herbert MacGregor

    as Child
  • Cactus Mack

    as Townsman
  • Nelson McDowell

    as Farmer
  • Joe McGuinn

    as Guerrilla
  • John Merton

    as Cantrell Man
  • Jack Montgomery

    as Guerrilla
  • Dolly Nardon

    as Child
  • Lawrence Osman

    as Child
  • Russell Palmer

    as Child
  • Harvard Peck

    as Child
  • Dick Rich

    as Dental Patient #1
  • Lee Riggin

    as Child
  • Jack Rockwell

    as Assassin of Angus McCloud
  • Clinton Rosemond

    as Tom - McClouds' Servant
  • Tom Smith

    as Posse Rider
  • Harry Strang

    as Man About to Withdraw Money from Bank
  • Glenn Strange

    as Tough Yankee #1
  • Bob Sáenz

    as Guerrilla
  • Hal Taliaferro

    as Angry Townsman in Bank
  • Al Taylor

    as Guerrilla
  • Ferris Taylor

    as Banker
  • Ernest Tobey

    as Child
  • Ethel Wales

    as Townswoman
  • Cecil Weston

    as Townswoman
  • Henry Wills

    as Guerrilla
  • Harry Woods

    as Man in Fight with Seton
  • Bob Woodward

    as Yankee
  • Michael Miller

    as Child
Directing Raoul Walsh Director
Writing W.R. Burnett Novel
Writing Grover Jones Screenplay
Writing Jan Fortune Adaptation
Production Sol C. Siegel Producer
Writing F. Hugh Herbert Screenplay
Writing Lionel Houser Screenplay
Costume & Make-Up Adele Palmer Costume Design
Sound Victor Young Original Music Composer
Camera Jack A. Marta Director of Photography
Editing William Morgan Editor

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