| Release Date: | Apr 1940 |
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| Genres: | Romance / Western |
| Awards: | Nominated for 2 Oscars. |
| Runtime: | 94 min |
| Cast: | Claire Trevor (Miss Mary McCloud), John Wayne (Bob Seton) Walter Pidgeon (William 'Will' Cantrell) Roy Rogers (Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud) George 'Gabby' Hayes (Andrew 'Doc' Grunch) Porter Hall (Angus McCloud) Marjorie Main (Mrs. Cantrell, aka Mrs. Adams) Raymond Walburn (Judge Buckner) Joe Sawyer (Bushropp (guerrilla) (as Joseph Sawyer)) Helen MacKellar (Mrs. Hale) J. Farrell MacDonald (Dave (gunrunner)) Trevor Bardette (Mr. Hale (shot by Fletch)) Ernie Adams (Townsman (uncredited)) Richard Alexander (Phil (guerrilla guarding Seton)...) Earl Askam (Guerrilla (uncredited)) Hank Bell (Townsman (uncredited)) Ray Bennett (Guerrilla (uncredited)) Stanley Blystone (Tough (uncredited)) Ed Brady (Juror (uncredited)) Al Bridge (Slave trader (uncredited)) Roy Bucko (Brawler (uncredited)) Budd Buster (Townsman (uncredited)) Yakima Canutt (Townsman on balcony (uncredited)) Bob Card (Townsman (uncredited)) Horace B. Carpenter (Townsman (uncredited)) Burr Caruth (Minister (uncredited)) Noble 'Kid' Chissel (Guerrilla (uncredited)) Edmund Cobb (Juror #3 (uncredited)) Tex Cooper (Townsman (uncredited)) Harry Cording (Angry townsman in bank (uncredited)) Art Dillard (Guerrilla (uncredited)) John Dilson (Town leader (uncredited)) Edward Earle (Town leader (uncredited)) Betty Farrington (Townswoman (uncredited)) Joseph Forte (Townsman (uncredited)) Mildred Gover (Ellie (Mary's maid) (uncredited)) Frank Hagney (Tough Yankee #2 (uncredited)) Al Haskell (Townsman (uncredited)) Edward Hearn (Jury foreman (uncredited)) Howard C. Hickman (Southerner orating for votes...) Lloyd Ingraham (Townsman (uncredited)) Jack Kirk (Guerrilla (uncredited)) Ethan Laidlaw (Guerrilla (uncredited)) Tom London (Messenger (uncredited)) Walter Long (Townsman (uncredited)) Jack Low (Juror #2 (uncredited)) Nelson McDowell (Farmer (uncredited)) Joe McGuinn (Guerrilla (uncredited)) John Merton (Cantrell man (uncredited)) Jack Montgomery (Guerrilla (uncredited)) Dick Rich (Dental patient #1 (uncredited)) Jack Rockwell (Assassin of Angus McCloud) Clinton Rosemond (Tom (McClouds' servant) (uncredited)) Bob Sáenz (Guerrilla (uncredited)) Tom Smith (Posse rider (uncredited)) Glenn Strange (Tough Yankee #1 (uncredited)) Harry Strang (Man about to withdraw his money from...) Hal Taliaferro (Angry townsman in bank (uncredited)) Al Taylor (Guerrilla (uncredited)) Ferris Taylor (Banker (uncredited)) Ethel Wales (Townswoman (uncredited)) Cecil Weston (Townswoman (uncredited)) Henry Wills (Guerrilla (uncredited)) Harry Woods (Man in fight with Seton (uncredited)) Bob Woodward (Yankee (uncredited)) |
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.
