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Dark Command

A drama of undying love.

6.3 average rating
6.3
English / 94 MIN. / 1940

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Claire TrevorJohn WayneWalter PidgeonRoy RogersGeorge 'Gabby' HayesPorter HallMarjorie MainRaymond WalburnJoe SawyerHelen MacKellarJ. Farrell MacDonaldTrevor BardetteErnie AdamsRichard AlexanderEarl AskamHank BellRay BennettStanley BlystoneEd BradyAl BridgeRoy BuckoNora BushBudd BusterYakima CanuttBob CardHorace B. CarpenterBurr CaruthNoble 'Kid' ChissellEdmund CobbTex CooperHarry CordingBobby CrandallMarvin DavisArt DillardJohn DilsonEdward EarleBetty FarringtonRobert FerreroJoseph ForteMildred GoverHerman HackFrank HagneyAl HaskellEdward HearnHoward HickmanLloyd IngrahamJack KirkEthan LaidlawMike LallyTom LondonWalter LongJack LowHerbert MacGregorCactus MackNelson McDowellJoe McGuinnJohn MertonJack MontgomeryDolly NardonLawrence OsmanRussell PalmerHarvard PeckDick RichLee RigginJack RockwellClinton RosemondTom SmithHarry StrangGlenn StrangeBob SáenzHal TaliaferroAl TaylorFerris TaylorErnest TobeyEthel WalesCecil WestonHenry WillsHarry WoodsBob WoodwardMichael Miller

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