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Dark Command is a 1940 Crime western film starring Claire Trevor, John Wayne and Walter Pidgeon loosely based on Quantrill's Raiders during the American Civil War.
Dark Command: Directed by Raoul Walsh. With Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers. In Kansas during the Civil War, opposing pro-Union and pro-Confederate camps clash and visiting Texan Bob Seton runs afoul of William Cantrell's Raiders.
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In Kansas during the Civil War, opposing pro-Union and pro-Confederate camps clash and visiting Texan Bob Seton runs afoul of William Cantrell's Raiders. 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, but politics is in the air: it's ...
Loosely based around a true story, Dark Command sees John Wayne play Bob Seton, an uneducated cowboy from Texas who wins around the people of Lawrence, Kansas to become their town Marshall just prior to the outbreak of the civil war.
As the Civil War erupts, the townsfolk of Lawrence, Kansas side with either the North or the South, and a deeply embittered sheriff allies himself to the South as a cover for his outlaw gang to...
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Easily the most unforgettable moment in Dark Command is an amazing stunt orchestrated by Yakima Canutt. Canutt and several other stunt men slid down a chute into a river forty feet below...along with a wagon and an entire team of horses.
Dark Command. 1940 · 1 hr 30 min. TV-PG. Drama · Romance · Western · War. In Kansas during the Civil War, Texan Bob Seton arrives in town and tries to stop William Cantrell and his army of raiders.
Nov 1, 2023 · Film and Plot Synopsis. Based on W.R. Burnett’s 1938 novel The Dark Command which fictionalizes the true-life event of the Lawrence, Kansas Massacre led by the infamous Confederate guerrilla William Quantrill, Dark Command tells the story of Bob Seton, an illiterate settler traveling through Kansas when he decides to set up some roots after ...
Dark Command. A Civil War tale based on the exploits of the notorious outlaw William Quantrill. A courageous sheriff stands up to Quantrill and his band of guerrillas pillaging the countryside in Civil War-torn Kansas. 488 IMDb 6.7 1 h 33 min 1940. 13+.
