DARK COMMAND

Original Belgian 14 inch x 18 inch Poster for the 1940 Raoul Walsh Western DARK COMMAND, based on the novel by W.R. Burnett and starring Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Porter Hall, Marjorie Main and Raymond Walburn.

After John Wayne’s success opposite Claire Trevor in “Stagecoach”, his home studio, Republic, promoted him from B-westerns to this big-budget effort in which he was re-teamed with Trevor. Wayne plays the simple cowpoke who successfully runs for marshal to impress his girl and, as a result, the much better qualified other candidate, Walter Pidgeon, turns to a life of crime.

Poster printed by L. & H. Verstegen

The poster is in good to very good folded condition. The top blank panel has been trimmed off. There is a Belgian censor stamp bottom right.