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In Kansas during the Civil War, opposing pro-Union and pro-Confederate camps clash and visiting Texan Bob Seton runs afoul of William Cantrell's Raiders.
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Mary McCloud
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Bob Seton
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William 'Will' Cantrell
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Fletch McCloud
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Doc Grunch (as George Hayes)
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Angus McCloud
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Mrs. Cantrell / Mrs. Adams
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Judge Buckner
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Bushropp (as Joseph Sawyer)
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Mrs. Hale
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Dave
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Mr. Hale
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Phil - Guerrilla Guarding Seton (uncredited)
Earl Askam ...
Guerrilla (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Guerrilla (uncredited)
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Tough (uncredited)
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Juror (uncredited)
Claribel Bressel ...
Child (uncredited)
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Slave Trader (uncredited)
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Brawler (uncredited)
Nora Bush ...
Townswoman (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Townsman on Balcony (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Burr Caruth ...
Minister (uncredited)
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Guerrilla (uncredited)
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Juror #3 (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Angry Townsman in Bank (uncredited)
Bobby Crandall ...
Child (uncredited)
Marvin Davis ...
Child (uncredited)
Art Dillard ...
Guerrilla (uncredited)
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Town Leader (uncredited)
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Town Leader (uncredited)
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Townswoman (uncredited)
Robert Ferrero ...
Child (uncredited)
Charline Flanders ...
Child (uncredited)
Joseph Forte ...
Townsman (uncredited)
Mildred Gover ...
Ellie - Mary's Maid (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Tough Yankee #2 (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Jury Foreman (uncredited)
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Southerner Orating for Votes (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Guerilla (uncredited)
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Guerrilla (uncredited)
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Guerrilla (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Messenger (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Low ...
Juror #2 (uncredited)
Herbert MacGregor ...
Child (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Farmer (uncredited)
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Guerrilla (uncredited)
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Cantrell Man (uncredited)
Michael Miller ...
Child (uncredited)
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Guerrilla (uncredited)
Dolly Nardon ...
Child (uncredited)
Lawrence Osman ...
Child (uncredited)
Russell Palmer ...
Child (uncredited)
Harvard Peck ...
Child (uncredited)
Spencer Quinn ...
Child (uncredited)
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Dental Patient #1 (uncredited)
Lee Riggin ...
Child (uncredited)
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Assassin of Angus McCloud (uncredited)
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Tom - McClouds' Servant (uncredited)
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Posse Rider (uncredited)
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Man About to Withdraw Money from Bank (uncredited)
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Tough Yankee #1 (uncredited)
Bob Sáenz ...
Guerrilla (uncredited)
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Angry Townsman in Bank (uncredited)
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Guerrilla (uncredited)
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Banker (uncredited)
Ernest Tobey ...
Child (uncredited)
Corinne Varian ...
Child (uncredited)
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Townswoman (uncredited)
Cecil Weston ...
Townswoman (uncredited)
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Guerrilla (uncredited)
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Man in Fight with Seton (uncredited)
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Yankee (uncredited)

Directed by

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Raoul Walsh ... (directed by)

Written by

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Grover Jones ... (screenplay) &
Lionel Houser ... (screenplay) &
F. Hugh Herbert ... (screenplay)
 
W.R. Burnett ... (novel)
 
Jan Fortune ... (adaptation)

Produced by

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Sol C. Siegel ... associate producer

Music by

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Victor Young ... (musical score)

Cinematography by

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Jack A. Marta ... (photography) (as Jack Marta)

Editing by

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William Morgan

Editorial Department

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Murray Seldeen ... supervising editor

Art Direction by

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John Victor Mackay

Costume Design by

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Adele Palmer ... (costumes)

Production Management

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Al Wilson ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Yakima Canutt ... second unit director (uncredited)
Kenneth Holmes ... assistant director (uncredited)
Joseph Kane ... second unit director (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons ... second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Leo Bothas ... poster artist : West Germany (uncredited) (1951)
Rolf Goetze ... poster artist : West Germany (uncredited) (1956)
Eric Rohman ... poster artist : Sweden (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Roger Cosson ... sound recordist (uncredited)

Stunts

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Yakima Canutt ... stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons ... stunt double: John Wayne (uncredited)
Jack Montgomery ... stunt double: Walter Pidgeon (uncredited)
Eddie Parker ... stunts (uncredited)
Bob Woodward ... stunts (uncredited)
Bill Yrigoyen ... stunts (uncredited)
Joe Yrigoyen ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Bud Thackery ... special process photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Charles Bradshaw ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Herman Hand ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Herbert J. Yates ... presenter
Christian Argentin ... french voice dubbing: Porter Hall (uncredited)
Alfred Argus ... french voice dubbing: Glenn Strange (uncredited)
Jean Brunel ... french voice dubbing: J. Farrell MacDonald (uncredited)
Rosetta Calavetta ... italian voice dubbing: Claire Trevor (uncredited)
Emilio Cigoli ... italian voice dubbing: Walter Pidgeon (uncredited)
Jean Croué ... french voice dubbing: Burr Caruth (uncredited)
Sid Davis ... stand-in: John Wayne (uncredited)
Raymond Destac ... french voice dubbing: Joe Sawyer (uncredited)
Émile Duard ... french voice dubbing: Alexander & Howard C. Hickman & John MErtong. Richard A (uncredited)
Lauro Gazzolo ... italian voice dubbing: George 'Gabby' Hayes (uncredited)
Marianne Georges ... french voice dubbing: Claire Trevor (uncredited)
Marcel Lestan ... french voice dubbing: Clinton Rosemond & Harry Woods (uncredited)
Serge Lhorca ... french voice dubbing: Roy Rogers (uncredited)
Raymond Loyer ... french voice dubbing: John Wayne (uncredited)
Jean Martinelli ... french voice dubbing: Walter Pidgeon (uncredited)
Germaine Michel ... french voice dubbing: Helen MacKellar (uncredited)
Giulio Panicali ... italian voice dubbing: John Wayne (uncredited)
Claude Péran ... french voice dubbing: Trevor Bardette (uncredited)
Giuseppe Rinaldi ... italian voice dubbing: Roy Rogers (uncredited)
Raymond Rognoni ... french voice dubbing: Raymond Walburn (uncredited)
Carlo Romano ... italian voice dubbing: Porter Hall (uncredited)
Giovanna Scotto ... italian voice dubbing: Marjorie Main (uncredited)
Maria Ventura ... french voice dubbing: Marjorie Main (uncredited)
Paul Villé ... french voice dubbing: George 'Gabby' Hayes (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

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, but politics is in the air: it's just prior to the Civil War and there is already a sharp division in the Territory as to whether it will remain slavery-free. When he gets the opportunity to run for marshal, Seton finds himself running against respected local schoolteacher William Cantrell. Not all is what it seems, though: While acting as the upstanding citizen in public, Cantrell is dangerously ambitious and 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. Written by garykmcd

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Taglines Looking for Adventure? Thrills? Romance? Here they are...in good measure (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Cactus Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - May 27, 1942) See more »
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Also Known As
  • El mandamiento oscuro (United States, Spanish title)
  • L'Escadron noir (France)
  • Mando siniestro (Spain)
  • 黑色使命 (China, Mandarin title)
  • 黑色命令 (China, Mandarin title)
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  • 94 min
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Budget $1,000,000 (estimated)

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Trivia Marjorie Main plays the mother of Will Cantrell (Walter Pidgeon) but was only seven years his senior. See more »
Goofs Throughout the film, Colt Single Action Army revolvers (commonly known as Peacemakers) are used by various actors including John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and George 'Gabby' Hayes. This revolver was not produced until the 1870s. The film is set in the late 1850s and 1860s. The Colt is the 1873 model so it could not have been in the Civil War. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Law of the Golden West (1949). See more »
Soundtracks My Country Tis of Thee See more »
Crazy Credits Opening credits prologue: In those years, 1859 and on, in the dusk before the nation plunged into the red night of civil warfare, the plains of Kansas were an earlier battleground. Down from the north, down to Kansas: up from the south, up to Kansas, came hordes - each bent on voting the territory into the Union as its own. The battle cry of the day was - - "On to Kansas." See more »
Quotes William Cantrell: I know what I'm doing, Ma. I'll be running Kansas yet. I'm going clear up to the top. But I'm not going for the climb or the view.
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