Dark Command (1940)

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1940 · Approved · 1h 34m

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Other grades: 80.0 (1 viewer)
19401h 34mApproved
Countries:United States
Languages:EN
Keywords: AmbushAmerican civil warAngerAngry mobArrestArsonBarber shopBarricadeBased on novelBattleShow moreBegins with textBlack maidBlondeBrawlBrother sister relationshipBuggyBullwhipCampfireCandleCaptureCarbineCavalryCavalry chargeChaseCivil warClassical westernCoercionColt .45Confederate armyConfederate soldierCovered wagonCowboyCowboy bootsCowboy hatCowboy shirtCowboys and outlawsCult filmDeceptionDentistDoctorDuelElectionEncampmentEscapeEvil manFather daughter relationshipFather son relationshipFistfightFlintlock rifleFrontier justiceFrontier townGood versus evilGuerillaGunGun battleGun smugglingGunfightGunrunnerGunshot woundHeroHorseHorse and wagonHorse chaseHorseback ridingHousekeeperHusband wife relationshipInability to readIntimidationJail cellJudgeJuryJusticeKansasKansas, usaKissLawrence kansasLetterLootingLoveLove triangleMaidMarshalMontageMother son relationshipMurderMusketNewspaper headlineOutlawOutlaw gangPistolPistol duelPoetic justicePolitical campaignPosterPriestPrisonerPulling a toothPunched in the facePursuitQuantrill's raidersQuick drawQuill penRaiderReference to abraham lincolnReference to missouriReference to william shakespeareRevolverRifleRivals for loveRiverboatRomantic rivalrySabreSaloonScam artistSchoolteacherScissorsSettlerShootoutShowdownSingingSix gunSix shooterSlave smugglingSlaverySpeechStandoffTeachingTearsTestimonyTorchTown on fireTrainTrialU.s. cavalryU.s. marshalUniformViolenceWagon trainWeddingWestern heroWestern townWidowWilliam cantrell characterWoman wears a hair net snood
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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