Dark Command
1940 · 94 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 3,193 VOTES · DIR. Raoul Walsh
Overview
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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00:01:29 A SILVER WATCH AND FIVE DOLLARS IN COIN OF THE REALM...
00:04:26 YOU'RE GONNA LOSE YOURSELF A PARTNER UNLESS WE GET OUT OF THIS TERRITORY PRETTY QUICK.
00:07:39 NO, SIR, I'M OVER 21-- BOYS, BOYS, PLEASE.
00:10:14 YOUR HONOR, THEM'S THE KINDEST WORDS I'VE HEARD FROM A JUDGE IN YEARS.
00:12:52 IT'S HIS RIGHT TO...
00:15:51 I MEAN, YOU WAIT HERE, AND I'LL GO BRING HER. FAIR ENOUGH.
00:18:36 OUTSIDE OF A SNORT OF HOOCH NOW AND THEN, I GOT NO BAD HABITS.
00:21:27 BETTER FOR A YOUNG FELLA LIKE YOU TO BE WORKIN'WITH UNCLE SAM THAN AGIN' HIM.
00:24:29 I WON'T GO, WILL. WE COME OUT HERE TOGETHER, AND I'M STAYIN'.
00:28:05 [ Crowd Laughing ] BUT REMEMBER THIS.
00:30:52 THAT'S WHAT I REALLY CAME OVER FOR TONIGHT.
00:35:47 I'LL BE GLAD TO HELP YOU IF I CAN.
00:38:49 ALL THIS TALK ABOUT SOUTHERN TRADITION AND CHIVALRY.
00:42:16 BUT NOT AS A BRIBE FOR YOUR BROTHER.
00:45:31 IF YOU FIND THIS BOY GUILTY
00:50:25 ENLISTMENT BLANK. WE CAN USE A SMART MAN LIKE YOU RIGHT UP IN FRONT.
00:53:39 FOUR DAYS AND NIGHTS I'VE BEEN WAITIN' FOR YA.
00:56:32 WILL, I'M THE DAUGHTER OF A SCOTCHMAN.
01:04:19 GO ON! RUN HER OUTTA TOWN!
01:08:33 WHERE'LL YOU BE GOING? TEXAS.
01:12:16 THANKS.
01:15:35 I'D LIKE TO GO TO TEXAS.
01:22:39 BUT HE NEEDS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. AND HE'LL GET IT, LADY.
01:29:08 IT'S FOR YOU, WILL.