Republic Pictures released Dark Command on April 15, 1940. Raoul Walsh directed the film starring Claire Trevor, John Wayne, and Walter Pidgeon.
‘Dark Command’ Plot Summary
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 beautiful Mary McCloud. However, Bob finds himself in competition for Mary’s affections with William “Will” Cantrell, the local schoolteacher who has a secret life as a war profiter masquerading as a Confederate soldier. Ultimately, who will Mary choose, and who will survive when the Civil War breaks out and spreads into Kansas?
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Republic Pictures released Dark Command on April 15, 1940. Raoul Walsh directed the film starring Claire Trevor, John Wayne, and Walter Pidgeon.