Schwarzes Kommando
(1940)
Regisseur:
Raoul WalshSchauspieler:
Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Porter Hall, Marjorie Main, Raymond Walburn, Joe Sawyer, Helen MacKellar, J. Farrell MacDonald, Trevor Bardette, Ernie Adams, Richard Alexander, Earl Askam, Hank BellKansas vor, während und nach dem Bürgerkrieg: Bob Setton hat es vom Cowboy zum Marschall gebracht und liebt die südstaatliche Aristokratentochter Marie. Sie gibt Setton wegen Lehrer Quantrill auf, heiratet den angeblichen Ehrenmann, der eine Bande gründet und Kansas terrorisiert. Die Bürger machen Marie für die Untaten ihres Mannes verantwortlich. Setton rettet sie, bringt sie zu Quantrill, der Setton gefangen setzt. Setton, Marie und ihr Bruder fliehen. Quantrill brennt die Stadt Lawrence nieder. Setton organisiert den Widerstand und schlägt Quantrill vernichtend.
John Wayne rettet Kansas vor Quantrills Guerillas.
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.
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.
