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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.

1940 |1h 34m |  Drama, Romance, Western

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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

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Porter Hall

Angus McCloud

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Marjorie Main

Mrs. Cantrell / Mrs. Adams

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Raymond Walburn

Judge Buckner

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Joe Sawyer

Bushropp

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Helen MacKellar

Mrs. Hale

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J. Farrell MacDonald

Dave

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Trevor Bardette

Mr. Hale

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Ernie Adams

Townsman

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Richard Alexander

Phil - Guerrilla Guarding Seton

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Hank Bell

Townsman

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Ray Bennett

Guerrilla

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Stanley Blystone

Tough

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Ed Brady

Juror

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Al Bridge

Slave Trader

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Roy Bucko

Brawler

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Budd Buster

Townsman

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Yakima Canutt

Townsman on Balcony

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Horace B. Carpenter

Townsman

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Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Guerrilla

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Edmund Cobb

Juror #3

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Tex Cooper

Townsman

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Harry Cording

Angry Townsman in Bank

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John Dilson

Town Leader

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Edward Earle

Town Leader

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Joseph Forte

Townsman

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Herman Hack

Townsman

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Frank Hagney

Tough Yankee #2

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Edward Hearn

Jury Foreman

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Howard Hickman

Southerner Orating for Votes

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Lloyd Ingraham

Townsman

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Jack Kirk

Guerrilla

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Ethan Laidlaw

Guerrilla

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Mike Lally

Townsman

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Tom London

Messenger

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Walter Long

Townsman

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Cactus Mack

Townsman

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Nelson McDowell

Farmer

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Joe McGuinn

Guerrilla

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John Merton

Cantrell Man

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Jack Montgomery

Guerrilla

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Dick Rich

Dental Patient #1

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Jack Rockwell

Assassin of Angus McCloud

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Clinton Rosemond

Tom - McClouds' Servant

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Harry Strang

Man About to Withdraw Money from Bank

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Glenn Strange

Tough Yankee #1

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Hal Taliaferro

Angry Townsman in Bank

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Al Taylor

Guerrilla

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Ferris Taylor

Banker

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Ethel Wales

Townswoman

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Henry Wills

Guerrilla

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Harry Woods

Man in Fight with Seton

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Bob Woodward

Yankee

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Michael Miller

Child

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Status

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Language

English

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