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Title:

Dark command / directed by Raoul Walsh ; associate producer, Sol C. Siegel ; screenplay, Grover Jones, Lionel Houser, F. Hugh Herbert.

Publisher:

Olive Films,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Burnett, W. R.--(William Riley),--1899-1982--Film adaptations.
Quantrill, William Clarke,--1837-1865--Drama.
Kansas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Drama.
Outlaws--Kansas--History--19th century--Drama.
United States marshals--History--19th century--Drama.
Western films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.

Other Authors:

Walsh, Raoul, 1887-1980, film director.
Siegel, Sol C., 1903-1982, film producer. film producer.
Jones, Grover, 1893-1940, screenwriter.
Houser, Lionel, 1908-1949, screenwriter.
Herbert, F. Hugh (Frederick Hugh), 1897-1958, screenwriter.
Trevor, Claire, 1909-2000, 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.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Burnett, W. R. (William Riley), 1899-1982. Dark command.
Republic Pictures Corporation, production company.
Olive Films, publisher.

Notes:

Originally produced in the United States as a motion picture in 1940. Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers, George Hayes, Marjorie Main, Porter Hall. Based on the novel The dark command written by W.R. Burnett; adaptation by Jan Fortune. Full screen (1.37:1).

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.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)849649991

UPC:

887090066105

Locations:

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)