Poster of Dark Command

Dark Command

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.

Release Date: 1940-04-15

Original Language: en

Genres: Unknown Genre

Rating:

Popularity:

7.184

Cast Members

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

Ernie Adams

Townsman

Richard Alexander

Phil - Guerrilla Guarding Seton

Earl Askam

Guerrilla

Hank Bell

Townsman

Ray Bennett

Guerrilla

Al Bridge

Slave Trader

Roy Bucko

Brawler

Nora Bush

Townswoman

Budd Buster

Townsman

Yakima Canutt

Townsman on Balcony

Bob Card

Townsman

Burr Caruth

Minister

Edmund Cobb

Juror #3

Tex Cooper

Townsman

Harry Cording

Angry Townsman in Bank

Art Dillard

Guerrilla

John Dilson

Town Leader

Edward Earle

Town Leader

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

Jack Kirk

Guerrilla

Ethan Laidlaw

Guerrilla

Mike Lally

Townsman

Tom London

Messenger

Walter Long

Townsman

Jack Low

Juror #2

Cactus Mack

Townsman

Joe McGuinn

Guerrilla

John Merton

Cantrell Man

Dick Rich

Dental Patient #1

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

Ethel Wales

Townswoman

Cecil Weston

Townswoman

Henry Wills

Guerrilla

Harry Woods

Man in Fight with Seton