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63.24% | Apr 15, 1940
Drama Romance Western

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.

Top Billed Cast

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Claire Trevor
Miss Mary McCloud
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John Wayne
Bob Seton
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Walter Pidgeon
William 'Will' Cantrell
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Roy Rogers
Fletcher 'Fletch' McCloud
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George 'Gabby' Hayes
Andrew 'Doc' Grunch

Featured Crew

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Raoul Walsh
Director
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W.R. Burnett
Novel
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Sol C. Siegel
Producer
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F. Hugh Herbert
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Grover Jones
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Jan Fortune
Adaptation
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Lionel Houser
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Adele Palmer
Costume Design
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Jack A. Marta
Director of Photography
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Victor Young
Original Music Composer
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William Morgan
Editor

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