Dark Command

John Wayne is finally turning into the John Wayne with all know in Dark Command (1940). He shows he's got a sense of humour being incredibly charming in his awkwardness. Most interesting casting is a rare big feature appearance by Roy Rogers doing pretty good working next to Wayne. I'm not really sure what was lacking, for there were many scenes and scenarios which was pretty damn good! Might be that Republic lacked the experience in making big movies to get to the core of the emotions.