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