Dark Command (1940) |
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| Director(s) | Raoul Walsh |
| Producer(s) | Sol C. Siegel |
| Top Genres | Film Adaptation, Romance, Western |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Civil War, Outlaws, Wild West |
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Claire Trevor(as Miss Mary McCloud)
Dark Command
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1940
Dark Command
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1940
Claire Trevor
(as Miss Mary McCloud)
John Wayne(as Bob Seton)
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Dark Command
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1940
John Wayne
(as Bob Seton)
Walter Pidgeon(as William 'Will' Cantrell)
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Dark Command
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1940
Walter Pidgeon
(as William 'Will' Cantrel...)
Roy Rogers(as Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud)
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Dark Command
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Roy Rogers
(as Fletcher 'Fletch' McCl...)
George 'Gabby' Hayes(as Andrew 'Doc' Grunch)
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Dark Command
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1940
George 'Gabby' Hayes
(as Andrew 'Doc' Grunch)
Porter Hall(as Angus McCloud)
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Dark Command
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1940
Porter Hall
(as Angus McCloud)
Marjorie Main(as Mrs. Cantrell, aka Mrs. Adams)
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Dark Command
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1940
Marjorie Main
(as Mrs. Cantrell, aka Mrs...)
Raymond Walburn(as Judge Buckner)
Dark Command
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Dark Command
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1940
Raymond Walburn
(as Judge Buckner)
Dark Command Overview:
Dark Command (1940) was a Western - Romance Film directed by Raoul Walsh and produced by Sol C. Siegel.
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Dark Command (1940)
Dark Command Directed by Raoul Walsh Written by Grover Jones, Lionel Houser, and F. Hugh Herbert from a novel by W.R. Burnett 1940/USA Republic Pictures First viewing/Streaming on Amazon Instant Video Bob ‘Shortcut’ Seton: No, Mary, just common clay. It bakes kind of hard in Texas. This ... Read full article
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Dark Command Quotes:
Miss Mary McCloud:
I thought they bred men of flesh and blood in Texas. I was wrong. You're made of granite!
Bob 'Shortcut' Seton: No, Mary, just common clay. It bakes kind of hard in Texas.
Bob 'Shortcut' Seton: No, Mary, just common clay. It bakes kind of hard in Texas.
Bob 'Shortcut' Seton:
[to "Doc" before he makes his election speech] I gotta get outta here!
Andrew 'Doc' Grunch:
[Finishes shaving the judge] That'll be two bits.
Judge Buckner: Why no, my good man. I'll be settling with you weekly... no, make that monthly!
Judge Buckner: Why no, my good man. I'll be settling with you weekly... no, make that monthly!
Mrs. Cantrell:
You're at the end of the road and the devil is beside ya... waiting.
Mrs. Cantrell:
You're no good, Will.
William Cantrell: I've killed men for saying less than that!
Mrs. Cantrell: You've killed a lot of men for saying nothing at all!
See More Quotes from Dark CommandWilliam Cantrell: I've killed men for saying less than that!
Mrs. Cantrell: You've killed a lot of men for saying nothing at all!
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The character of Will Cantrell is loosely based on the real life Confederate guerrilla leader William Quantrill. Like Cantrell, Quantrill was born in Ohio, taught school in Lawrence, Kansas, became a guerrilla fighter on the Confederate side and burnt Lawrence to the ground. However, the Confederacy eventually distanced itself from, and eventually disowned, him because of his band's propensity for executing prisoners, massacring civilians, looting and raping. The real Quantrill was killed in an ambush, beheaded by a Union cavalryman's saber, in Kentucky at the ripe old age of 27 instead of at the hands of Bob Seton.