The Comancheros (film)
| The Comancheros | |
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| Directed by |
Michael Curtiz Uncredited: John Wayne |
| Produced by | George Sherman |
| Screenplay by |
James Edward Grant Clair Huffaker |
| Based on |
The Comancheros by Paul I. Wellman |
| Starring | John Wayne Stuart Whitman Ina Balin Lee Marvin Nehemiah Persoff Bruce Cabot |
| Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
| Cinematography | William H. Clothier |
| Edited by | Louis Loeffler |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Release date
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November 1, 1961 |
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Running time
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105 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4,260,000 |
The Comancheros is a 1961 Western Deluxe CinemaScope color film directed by Michael Curtiz, based on a 1952 novel of the same name by Paul Wellman, and starring John Wayne and Stuart Whitman. The supporting cast includes Ina Balin, Lee Marvin, Nehemiah Persoff, Bruce Cabot, Jack Elam, Patrick Wayne, and Edgar Buchanan. Also featured are western film veterans Bob Steele, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams and Harry Carey, Jr. in uncredited supporting roles.
When illness prevented Curtiz (director of Casablanca and The Adventures of Robin Hood) from finishing the film, Wayne took over as director, though his role remained uncredited. Curtiz died shortly after the film was completed.
In 1843 roguish gambler Paul Regret (Stuart Whitman) escapes a death penalty after killing in a duel Emil Bouvier (Gregg Palmer), the son of a Louisiana judge. Regret claimed that he would have only wounded Bouvier if he hadn't sidestepped. He is captured by Texas Ranger Jake Cutter (John Wayne) after a tryst with a mysterious lady, Pilar Graile (Ina Balin). Regret manages to escape, but is subsequently recaptured after a chance encounter with Cutter in a saloon.
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