Claire Trevor
Mary McCloud
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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.
A Civil War-era film about a Texan who runs for marshal of Lawrence, Kansas, and faces a rival schoolteacher who leads a gang of raiders. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- Raoul Walsh
- 1940-04-15
Dark Command is a 1940 Western film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Claire Trevor, John Wayne and Walter Pidgeon. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers, cinematographers and other crew members on IMDb.
A Texan arrives in Kansas and falls in love with a banker's daughter, but faces a rival for the marshal's office and a Confederate raider. Watch the trailer and read the reviews of this classic film directed by Raoul Walsh.
A Confederate sympathizer poses as a sheriff to loot the Union supporters in Lawrence, Kansas during the Civil War. He faces a dilemma when his wife joins the pro-North cause and he has to choose between his gang and his love.
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- Claire Trevor
- Raoul Walsh
- Western
A Western film about a Civil War-era rivalry between a pro-Union marshal and a pro-Confederate guerrilla leader in Kansas. See the plot details, cast and crew, trivia, and user reviews of Dark Command on IMDb.
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 ...
