Dark Command
15/04/1940
2h

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.
Cast


Claire Trevor
Miss Mary McCloud


John Wayne
Bob Seton


Walter Pidgeon
William 'Will' Cantrell


Roy Rogers
Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud


George 'Gabby' Hayes
Andrew 'Doc' Grunch


Porter Hall
Angus McCloud


Marjorie Main
Mrs. Cantrell / Mrs. Adams


Raymond Walburn
Judge Buckner


Joe Sawyer
Bushropp


Helen MacKellar
Mrs. Hale


J. Farrell MacDonald
Dave


Trevor Bardette
Mr. Hale


Ernie Adams
Townsman


Richard Alexander
Phil - Guerrilla Guarding Seton
Earl Askam
Guerrilla


Hank Bell
Townsman


Ray Bennett
Guerrilla


Stanley Blystone
Tough


Ed Brady
Juror


Al Bridge
Slave Trader
Roy Bucko
Brawler
Nora Bush
Townswoman


Budd Buster
Townsman


Yakima Canutt
Townsman on Balcony
Bob Card
Townsman


Horace B. Carpenter
Townsman
Burr Caruth
Minister


Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Guerrilla


Edmund Cobb
Juror #3
Tex Cooper
Townsman


Harry Cording
Angry Townsman in Bank
Bobby Crandall
Child
Marvin Davis
Child
Art Dillard
Guerrilla


John Dilson
Town Leader


Edward Earle
Town Leader


Betty Farrington
Townswoman
Robert Ferrero
Child


Joseph Forte
Townsman
Mildred Gover
Ellie - Mary's Maid


Herman Hack
Townsman


Frank Hagney
Tough Yankee #2
Al Haskell
Townsman


Edward Hearn
Jury Foreman


Howard Hickman
Southerner Orating for Votes


Lloyd Ingraham
Townsman


Jack Kirk
Guerrilla


Ethan Laidlaw
Guerrilla


Mike Lally
Townsman


Tom London
Messenger


Walter Long
Townsman
Jack Low
Juror #2
Herbert MacGregor
Child


Cactus Mack
Townsman


Nelson McDowell
Farmer


Joe McGuinn
Guerrilla


John Merton
Cantrell Man
Jack Montgomery
Guerrilla
Dolly Nardon
Child
Lawrence Osman
Child
Russell Palmer
Child
Harvard Peck
Child


Dick Rich
Dental Patient #1
Lee Riggin
Child


Jack Rockwell
Assassin of Angus McCloud


Clinton Rosemond
Tom - McClouds' Servant
Tom Smith
Posse Rider


Harry Strang
Man About to Withdraw Money from Bank


Glenn Strange
Tough Yankee #1


Bob Sáenz
Guerrilla


Hal Taliaferro
Angry Townsman in Bank


Al Taylor
Guerrilla


Ferris Taylor
Banker
Ernest Tobey
Child


Ethel Wales
Townswoman
Cecil Weston
Townswoman


Henry Wills
Guerrilla


Harry Woods
Man in Fight with Seton


Bob Woodward
Yankee


Michael Miller
Child
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