Dark Command Page #9

Synopsis: 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.
Director(s): Raoul Walsh
Production: Republic
 
IMDB:
6.9
APPROVED
Year:
1940
94 min
145 Views


THERE'S NOTHING

TO WORRY ABOUT! BE CALM!

[ Gunfire ]

TAKE COVER!

WE'LL HAVE TO BURN 'EM OUT.

GET A WAGON READY.

INJUN TACTICS.

LOOK OUT!

GET BACK!

[ Screaming ]

I SPOTTED THE WAGON

YOUR WIFE GOT AWAY IN.

IT'S IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE.

YOU KNOW YOUR BUSINESS HERE.

HEY, SETON! CANTRELL'S

RIDING UP NORTH CREEK ROAD.

[ Gunfire Continues ]

BE OUT IN A FEW MINUTES.

WHERE YOU GOIN', WILL?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

WHERE'S MARY?

SHE'S BUSY.

WILL, YOU AIN'T GOIN' UP.

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?

WHAT'S THAT GUN FOR?

IT'S FOR YOU, WILL.

I THOUGHT I'D BORNED A MAN CHILD

WHEN I FIRST HEARD YOU

SQUALLING, BUT I DIDN'T.

I BORNED A DIRTY, MURDERIN'

SNAKE THAT'S BROKE MY HEAR TO SEE IT CRAWLIN' ALONG.

- YOU'RE NO GOOD, WILL.

- I'VE KILLED A LOT OF MEN

FOR SAYING LESS THAN THAT.

YOU'VE KILLED A LOT OF MEN

FOR SAYIN' NOTHIN' AT ALL.

KANSAS IS RED WITH BLEEDIN'.

I CURSE THE DAY:

I EVER HAD YOU.

[ Scoffs ]

STAND WHERE YA ARE, WILL!

YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH TO HER.

YOU AIN'T GOIN' NIGH HER AGAIN.

MA. MA!

SPEAK TO ME.

MA, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

OH, I WOULDN'T HAVE HURT YOU

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED.

I'LL KILL THE MAN

THAT FIRED THAT SHOT.

GIVE OVER KILLIN', WILL.

IT WON'T CHANGE NOTHIN' NOW.

YOU'RE AT THE END OF THE ROAD,

AND THE DEVIL'S ASIDE YE,

WAITIN'.

DON'T.

GET OUT OF TOWN!

THE MILITIA'S COMING!

[ Screaming ]

- WELL, HELLO, DOC.

- I DONE IT. I REMEMBERED HOW.

I WAS AFRAID MY HANDS HAD LOS THEIR CUNNING, BUT I DONE IT.

JUMPIN' CATFISH, I'M OU OF THE BARBERIN' BUSINESS.

I'M A PRACTICIN'

PHYSICIAN AGAIN!

MY SCISSORS.

WHERE'S MY SCISSORS?

[ Clanking ]

DON'T WORRY, DOC.

HERE THEY ARE.

[ Relieved Sigh ]

I GUESS LAWRENCE HAS

BURNED TO THE GROUND.

YEAH.

WELL, WE GOT A SAYIN'

DOWN IN TEXAS...

THAT IT TAKES A GOOD FIRE

TO BURN DOWN THE WEEDS,

LET THE FLOWERS GROW.

YOU'VE GOT A SAYING IN TEXAS

FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING,

HAVEN'T YOU?

EVER HEAR WHA WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE SAID?

"ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL. "

SHAKESPEARE, HUH?

WELL, HE MUST HAVE

COME FROM TEXAS.

WE'VE BEEN SAYIN' THA DOWN THERE FOR YEARS.

CLOSED-CAPTIONED BY

CAPTIONS, INC. LOS ANGELES

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Grover Jones

Grover Jones (November 15, 1893 – September 24, 1940) was an American screenwriter - often teamed with William Slavens McNutt - and film director. He wrote more than 104 films between 1920 and his death. He also was a film journal publisher and prolific short story writer. Jones was born in Rosedale, Indiana, grew up in West Terre Haute, Indiana, and died in Hollywood, California. He was the father of American polo pioneer Sue Sally Hale. more…

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