Dark Command (1940)
Directed by Raoul Walsh · 94 min · Drama, Romance, Western
30.8 TOPICAL score · #3,472 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Dark Command (1940, directed by Raoul Walsh) has a TOPICAL score of 30.8 - ranked 3,472 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and cast, and lowest on historical impact. It won 0 awards from 2 nominations. Critics: 100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.6/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.4/10 (63 ratings) · IMDb 6.7/10. Wikipedia covers it in 14 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.6/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.4/10 (63 ratings) · IMDb 6.7/10
- Awards0 wins, 2 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 14 languages
- Still read2,534 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Claire Trevor (actor #646), John Wayne (actor #47), Walter Pidgeon (actor #642), Roy Rogers