Dark Command

Dark Command
Directed byRaoul Walsh
Written by
  • F. Hugh Herbert
  • Lionel Houser
  • Grover Jones
  • Jan Isbell Fortune (adaptation)
Based onThe Dark Command
1938 novel
by W.R. Burnett[1]
Produced bySol C. Siegel
Starring
CinematographyJack A. Marta
Edited byWilliam Morgan
Music byVictor Young
Production
company
Republic Pictures
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release date
  • April 15, 1940 (1940-04-15) (United States)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$750,000[2][3]

Dark Command is a 1940 American western movie directed by Raoul Walsh and based on the novel by W. R. Burnett. It stars John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Porter Hall, Marjorie Main and was distributed by Republic Pictures. It was nominated for 2 Academy Awards in 1941.

The movie was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Art Direction by John Victor Mackay.[4]

Cast

  • Claire Trevor as Mary McCloud
  • John Wayne as Bob Seton
  • Walter Pidgeon as William "Will" Cantrell
  • Roy Rogers as Fletcher "Fletch" McCloud
  • George "Gabby" Hayes as Andrew "Doc" Grunch
  • Porter Hall as Angus McCloud
  • Marjorie Main as Mrs. Cantrell, aka Mrs. Adams
  • Raymond Walburn as Judge Buckner
  • Joe Sawyer as Bushropp (guerrilla)
  • Helen MacKellar as Mrs. Hale
  • J. Farrell MacDonald as Dave (gunrunner)
  • Trevor Bardette as Mr. Hale

Release

Dark Command was first shown in Lawrence, Kansas.[5]

Many people liked the movie. Republic wanted continue to give more money for John Wayne films because people liked this movie.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Landesman, Fred (2007-07-11). The John Wayne Filmography. ISBN 9780786432523.
  2. ↑ "Notes for Dark Command (1940)". tcm.com. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
  3. ↑ "Of Local Origin". New York Times. Oct 26, 1939. p. 31.
  4. ↑ "NY Times: Dark Command". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
  5. ↑ Schallert, Edwin (Apr 3, 1940). "Astaire-Zorina Duo Bright New Dance Idea: Film Ingenue Grows Up O'Brien Budgets Raised Mexican Actress Tested Veterans to Team Again Premiere Due in Kansas". Los Angeles Times. p. 13.
  6. ↑ Schallert, Edwin (June 4, 1940). "John Wayne Wins Star Role in 'Big Bonanza': New Series for O'Brien Switch in Spy Yarns R.K.O. Signs Blackmer Sanders to Play Sleuth Pangborn Air Spieler". Los Angeles Times. p. 13.

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