Dark command
- Publication/Creation:
- [Saint Charles, IL] : Olive Films, [2013]
- Resource Type:
- Video or Visual Material
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- Dark command / a Republic production ; Republic Pictures presents ; directed by Raoul Walsh ; associate producer, Sol C. Siegel ; screenplay, Grover Jones, Lionel Houser, F. Hugh Herbert
- Related/Included Titles:
- Dark command.
- Variant Titles:
- Title appears in credits as: Republic Pictures presents Dark command
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Walsh, Raoul, 1887-1980, film director
Siegel, Sol C., 1903-1982, film producer
Jones, Grover, 1893-1940, screenwriter
Houser, Lionel, 1908-1949, screenwriter
Herbert, F. Hugh (Frederick Hugh), 1897-1958, screenwriter
Trevor, Claire, 1910-2000, actor
Wayne, John, 1907-1979, actor
Pidgeon, Walter, 1897-1984, actor
Rogers, Roy, 1911-1998, actor
Hayes, George, 1885-1969, actor
Main, Marjorie, 1890-1975, actor
Hall, Porter, 1888-1953, actor
Young, Victor, 1900-1956, composer (expression)
Marta, Jack, director of photography
Morgan, William M., 1899-1964, editor of moving image work
Burnett, W. R. (William Riley), 1899-1982. Dark command
Republic Pictures Corporation, production company
Olive Films, publisher
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Western films
Film adaptations
Fiction films
Feature films - Subjects:
- Quantrill, William Clarke,1837-1865--Drama
Burnett, W. R.(William Riley),1899-1982--Film adaptations
Outlaws--Kansas--History--19th century--Drama
United States marshals--History--19th century--Drama
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Drama
Love triangles
Sexual relationships
Kansas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Drama
Description/Summary
- Summary:
- "In this pre-civil war saga-- a Confederate renegade William Cantrell (Walter Pidgeon) clashes with the new Kansas City marshal, Bob Seton (John Wayne). Their mutual ill towards each other peaks when Cantrell steals Seton's girl, Marie McCloud (Claire Trevor), manipulating her into marriage to get even with Seton. Marie starts to question her decision when Seton exposes Cantrell and his guerrillas as war profiteers who've been raiding both Union and Confederate lines."--Container.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Technical Note:
- DVD; NTSC; region 1; Full screen (1.37:1); mono.
- General Note:
- Originally produced in the United States as a motion picture in 1940.
Based on the novel The dark command written by W.R. Burnett; adaptation by Jan Fortune. - Participant/Performer Note:
- Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers, George Hayes, Marjorie Main, Porter Hall.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Photography, Jack Marta; film editor, William Morgan; music, Victor Young; production company, Republic Pictures.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990033027670302486
- OCLC Number:
- 849649991
- Other Identifiers:
- Universal Product Code: 887090066105
- Publisher Number:
- OF661 Olive Films
- Barcode:
- 010002651418
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