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.
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Stanley Blystone
as Tough
Edmund Cobb
as Juror #3
Dick Rich
as Dental Patient #1
Hal Taliaferro
as Angry Townsman in Bank
Porter Hall
as Angus McCloud
Horace B. Carpenter
as Townsman
Harry Cording
as Angry Townsman in Bank
Edward Earle
as Town Leader
Herman Hack
as Townsman
Glenn Strange
as Tough Yankee #1
Ferris Taylor
as Banker
John Wayne
as Bob Seton
Budd Buster
as Townsman
Mike Lally
as Townsman
Tom London
as Messenger
Walter Long
as Townsman
Cactus Mack
as Townsman
Nelson McDowell
as Farmer
Jack Rockwell
as Assassin of Angus McCloud
Joe Sawyer
as Bushropp
Ernie Adams
as Townsman
Roy Rogers
as Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud
Ray Bennett
as Guerrilla
Al Bridge
as Slave Trader
John Dilson
as Town Leader
Harry Woods
as Man in Fight with Seton
Michael Miller
as Child
Marjorie Main
as Mrs. Cantrell / Mrs. Adams
Trevor Bardette
as Mr. Hale
Ed Brady
as Juror
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
as Guerrilla
Frank Hagney
as Tough Yankee #2
Joe McGuinn
as Guerrilla
Al Taylor
as Guerrilla
J. Farrell MacDonald
as Dave
Lloyd Ingraham
as Townsman
Yakima Canutt
as Townsman on Balcony
Ethan Laidlaw
as Guerrilla
Henry Wills
as Guerrilla
Bob Woodward
as Yankee
Raymond Walburn
as Judge Buckner
Hank Bell
as Townsman
Howard Hickman
as Southerner Orating for Votes
Clinton Rosemond
as Tom - McClouds' Servant
Ethel Wales
as Townswoman
Claire Trevor
as Miss Mary McCloud
Edward Hearn
as Jury Foreman
John Merton
as Cantrell Man
Helen MacKellar
as Mrs. Hale
Richard Alexander
as Phil - Guerrilla Guarding Seton
Jack Kirk
as Guerrilla
George 'Gabby' Hayes
as Andrew 'Doc' Grunch
Joseph Forte
as Townsman
Harry Strang
as Man About to Withdraw Money from Bank
Walter Pidgeon
as William 'Will' Cantrell
Tex Cooper
as Townsman
Bob Sáenz
as Guerrilla
