Dark Command

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.

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Cast

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  Claire Trevor
  Miss Mary McCloud

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  John Wayne
  Bob Seton

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  Walter Pidgeon
  William 'Will' Cantrell

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  Roy Rogers
  Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud

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  George 'Gabby' Hayes
  Andrew 'Doc' Grunch

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  Porter Hall
  Angus McCloud

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  Marjorie Main
  Mrs. Cantrell / Mrs. Adams

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  Raymond Walburn
  Judge Buckner

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  Joe Sawyer
  Bushropp

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  Helen MacKellar
  Mrs. Hale

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  J. Farrell MacDonald
  Dave

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  Trevor Bardette
  Mr. Hale

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  Ernie Adams
  Townsman

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  Richard Alexander
  Phil - Guerrilla Guarding Seton

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  Earl Askam
  Guerrilla

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  Hank Bell
  Townsman

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  Ray Bennett
  Guerrilla

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  Stanley Blystone
  Tough