
My Darling Clementine(1946)
Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They decide to take revenge on the culprits.


“A drama of undying love.”
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.

Claire Trevor
Miss Mary McCloud

John Wayne
Bob Seton

Walter Pidgeon
William 'Will' Cantrell

Roy Rogers
Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud

George 'Gabby' Hayes
Andrew 'Doc' Grunch

Porter Hall
Angus McCloud

Marjorie Main
Mrs. Cantrell / Mrs. Adams

Raymond Walburn
Judge Buckner

Joe Sawyer
Bushropp

Helen MacKellar
Mrs. Hale
Dark Command is a drama, romance, western film released in 1940 exploring themes of civil war, marshal, kansas, usa. Directed by Raoul Walsh, it stars Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Walter Pidgeon. 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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