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Dark Command

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Original title

Dark Command

Year

1940

Running time

94 min.

Country

United States

Director

Raoul Walsh

Screenwriter

Grover Jones, Lionel Houser, F. Hugh Herbert. Novel: W.R. Burnett

Cast

Music

Victor Young

Cinematography

Jack A. Marta (B&W)

Producer

Republic Pictures

Genre

Western. Romance | American Civil War

Movie Groups

W. R. Burnett Adaptations

Synopsis

Cowpoke Bob Seton becomes a rival for William Cantrell's girl and for the sheriff's job Cantrell covets. When Seton wins both, Cantrell forsakes his respected position as schoolteacher and leads a band of renegades through Kansas, looting and destroying, all in the name of the Confederacy.

Awards: 1940: 2 Nominations for Oscar: Best Original Soundtrack, Art Direction (B&W)

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Dark Command

1940

Raoul Walsh

6.4

(607)