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.
Dark Command is a Drama, Romance, Western film released in 1940.
7 subtitle releases available in English. 1 release includes Hearing Impaired (HI) subtitles.
Movie Dialogue Sample
00:24:41,413 --> 00:24:43,415
I'M GONNA BURN EVERY BOOK
IN THIS HOUSE.
405
00:24:43,415 --> 00:24:45,417
I'M GOING TO THE TOP
IF I HAVE TO GO OVER
THE BODIES OF--
WILL!
406
00:24:45,750 --> 00:24:48,420
QUIT THAT WILD TALK.
THAT'S HOW YOUR PA SPOKE
BEFORE HE--
407
00:24:48,870 --> 00:24:53,425
DON'T FORGET.
I'VE GOT SOME OF HIS BLOOD
IN MY VEINS TOO.
408
00:24:55,494 --> 00:24:57,462
[ Crowd Cheering ]
409
00:25:04,970 --> 00:25:08,974
THANK YOU, MY FRIENDS.
I HAVE TALKED A LOT
ABOUT MYSELF,
410
00:25:09,224 --> 00:25:11,977
AND YOU HAVE BEEN
MOST INDULGENT.
411
00:25:12,477 --> 00:25:17,482
NOW, THEN, I WANT TO SAY
SOMETHING ABOUT MR. SETON,
MY OPPONENT.
412
00:25:17,616 --> 00:25:21,486
YOU WILL OBSERVE
THAT I SAY "ABOUT"
AND NOT "AGAINST, "
413
00:25:21,903 --> 00:25:24,990
BECAUSE I KNOW NOTHING
AGAINST MR. SETON,
414
00:25:24,990 --> 00:25:28,994
NEITHER AS MY OPPONENT
NOR AS MY PUPIL.
415
00:25:29,127 --> 00:25:32,497
[ Crowd Laughing ]
MY MOST PROMISING PUPIL.
416
00:25:32,914 --> 00:25:36,001
WITHIN THE HOUR,
YOU WILL GO TO THE POLLS,
417
00:25:36,001 --> 00:25:41,006
AND YOU WILL ELECT
EITHER MR. SETON OR MYSELF.
418
00:25:41,006 --> 00:25:46,011
IF YOU ELECT HIM,
YOU WILL GET A MAN
WHO IS HONEST.
419
00:25:46,511 --> 00:25:49,514
AND, MY FRIENDS,
MR. SETON IS
A MAN OF COURAGE.
420
00:25:49,814 --> 00:25:53,518
PLENTY OF COURAGE.
BUT HONESTY AND COURAGE
ARE NOT ENOUGH.
421
00:25:53,902 --> 00:25:58,523
TODAY, MORE THAN EVER BEFORE,
A PUBLIC OFFICE CALLS
FOR KNOWLEDGE.
422
00:25:58,740 --> 00:26:01,026
YOU MUST KNOW LAW
AND HOW TO APPLY IT.
423
00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:04,529
AND THAT, MY FRIENDS,
CALLS FOR INTENSIVE STUDY,
424
00:26:04,946 --> 00:26:08,533
TO WHICH, AS YOU ALL KNOW,
I HAVE DEVOTED MANY YEARS.
425
00:26:08,700 --> 00:26:13,038
OUR TOWN HAS GROWN TO A SIZE
WHERE WE NEED A MARSHAL.
426
00:26:13,204 --> 00:26:18,043
BE SURE YOU ELECT A MAN
WHO CAN GROW WITH THE TOWN.
427
00:26:18,543 --> 00:26:20,545
THANK YOU.
428
00:26:22,547 --> 00:26:25,050
[ Cheering ]
429
00:26:27,769 --> 00:26:32,557
AND NOW, FRIENDS, I PRESENT
MR. CANTRELL'S OPPONENT.
430
00:26:32,941 --> 00:26:37,562
HE CALLS HIMSELF BOB SETON
AND SAYS HE COMES FROM TEXAS.
431
00:26:37,729 --> 00:26:43,068
I KNOW NOTHING MORE ABOUT HIM.
IN FACT, I HAD A TOUGH TIME
FINDING OUT THAT MUCH.
432
00:26:43,401 --> 00:26:46,071
[ Laughing ]
COME ON NOW!
433
00:26:46,288 --> 00:26:51,543
I GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE.
I'M SICK.
BOB, LISTEN TO ME.
434
00:26:51,626 --> 00:26:56,581
COME ON, DOC, YOUR JOB
IS PULLING TEETH OUT OF MOUTHS,
NOT PUTTING WORDS IN 'EM.
435
00:26:56,581 --> 00:27:00,085
- LET HIM SPEAK FOR HIMSELF.
- [ Crowd Laughing ]
436
00:27:00,335 --> 00:27:02,087
COME ON, LET HIM TALK
FOR HIMSELF.
437
00:27:02,087 --> 00:27:04,589
[ Cheering ]
438
00:27:09,594 --> 00:27:12,597
THE JUDGE HERE IS RIGHT
ABOUT THAT SPEECH.
439
00:27:12,597 --> 00:27:17,068
DOC WROTE ONE OUT FOR ME,
ALL RIGHT, BUT HE FORGOT
I COULDN'T READ.
440
00:27:20,605 --> 00:27:24,109
FOLKS, IT'S TRUE.
I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE LAW.
441
00:27:24,109 --> 00:27:26,611
AIN'T HAD MUCH BOOK-LEARNIN'.
442
00:27:26,611 --> 00:27:31,116
BUT THE GOOD LORD GAVE ME
A NOSE FOR SMELLIN'
A HORSE THIEF A MILE OFF.
443
00:27:31,116 --> 00:27:35,086
AND WHAT YOU NEED IN THESE PARTS
IS A MARSHAL THAT'S BETTER
AT SMELLIN' THAN SPELLIN'.
444
00:27:38,123 --> 00:27:41,626
MR. CANTRELL HERE SAYS
THAT I'M HONEST,
445
00:27:41,626 --> 00:27:43,628
THAT I AIN'T AFRAID
OF NOTHIN'.
446
00:27:43,628 --> 00:27:48,633
HE DIDN'T SAY
I WAS TOO DUMB FOR THIS JOB,
BUT THAT'S WHAT HE MEANT.
447
00:27:48,633 --> 00:27:51,636
HE'S RIGHT. IAMDUMB.
448
00:27:51,636 --> 00:27:55,640
I'M DUMB ENOUGH TO THINK THAT
SMART MARSHALS DO THEIR SHOOTIN'
FIRST, THEIR TALKIN' AFTERWARD.
449
00:27:56,141 --> 00:28:00,645
FOLKS, THIS COUNTRY HAS
MORE LAWS THAN THERE ARE WAYS
TO SKIN A SKUNK.
450
00:28:00,645 --> 00:28:05,650
THOUSANDS OF 'EM.
WHY, BACK EAST, THEY TELL ME
THERE'S A LAW AGAINST SPITTIN'.
451
00:28:05,650 --> 00:28:08,653
[ Crowd Laughing ]
BUT REMEMBER THIS.
452
00:28:08,653 --> 00:28:12,657
BEFORE YOU CAN TRY 'EM
FOR ANYTHING,
YOU GOTTA CATCH 'EM.
453
00:28:12,657 --> 00:28:15,160
I CAN CATCH 'EM.
454
00:28:15,410 --> 00:28:17,162
[ Cheering ]
455
00:28:22,667 --> 00:28:25,170
WHAT'S SO FUNNY,
MR. McCLOUD?
LOTS, MISS McCLOUD.
456
00:28:25,170 --> 00:28:27,672
DON'T YOU LIKE THE WAY
I'M ARRANGING THE TABLE?
457
00:28:27,672 --> 00:28:30,175
I WAS JUST THINKING,
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF CANTRELL
DIDN'T GET ELECTED.
458
00:28:30,175 --> 00:28:32,177
THAT'S STUPID.
HOW COULD HE LOSE?
459
00:28:32,177 --> 00:28:34,679
DID YOU EVER HEAR
THE STORY OF THE TORTOISE
AND THE HARE?
460
00:28:34,679 --> 00:28:36,681
I'M NOT AT ALL INTERESTED
IN A TORTOISE.
461
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