Wayne starred in severalgroundbreaking Western moviesincluding John Ford’s breakthrough hitsStagecoach(1939) andThe Searchers(1956).
The film takes place in Kansas during the Civil War in a battle between pro-Union and pro-Confederate camps.
The film is directed byRaoul Walsh, who created dozens of classic movies such asWhite HeatandThe Roaring Twenties.
Rogers played himself in dozens of Westerns, includingThe Roy Rogers Show, throughout the 1940s and 1950s.
Rogers is also quite polished compared to the rugged masculinity of Wayne’s protagonists.
He challenges schoolteacher William Cantrell for the position of marshal, uncovering a web of ambition and deception.
Dark Command, released in 1940, stars John Wayne as Bob Seton, a Texan who arrives in Kansas and finds himself embroiled in local politics and tensions on the eve of the Civil War. He challenges schoolteacher William Cantrell for the position of marshal, uncovering a web of ambition and deception.
