Dark Command (1940) on Netflix
Approved19401h 34mDramaRomanceWar
Bob Seton, a Texan, arrives in Lawrence, Kansas, and falls for Mary McCloud, the banker's daughter. In a territory split over slavery, he runs for marshal against schoolteacher William Cantrell.
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Plot summary
A transplanted Texan, Bob Seton, comes to Lawrence, Kansas, and finds plenty to like about the town, taking particular notice of Mary McCloud, whose father runs the local bank. Politics are in the air, because the Civil War has not yet begun and the people of the Territory are sharply divided over whether it will stay free of slavery. Seton is a Union supporter. When the chance comes to run for marshal, he enters the race against William Cantrell, the schoolteacher the town holds in respect. The town knows Cantrell as an upstanding citizen. Andrew Grunch, known as Doc, is Seton's sidekick, and Mary's brother Fletcher, called Fletch, is naive and idealistic.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Dark Command (1940)
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- Director Raoul Walsh discovered John Wayne in 1929 as a 23-year-old prop man named Marion "Duke" Morrison, renamed him after General "Mad Anthony" Wayne and cast him as the lead in The Big Trail (1930).
- Roy Rogers was given a key supporting role in Dark Command, the only film he and John Wayne ever made together.
