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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.
- (3.1K)
- Drama, Romance, War
- Raoul Walsh
- 1940-04-15
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.
- (5)
- Claire Trevor
- Raoul Walsh
- Western
Directed by Raoul Walsh. A drama of undying love. 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.
- (917)
- Republic Pictures
- Raoul Walsh
Nov 1, 2023 · 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 meeting the ...
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.
