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Release Date: 1961
Cast: Henry Daniell, Richard Devon, Edgar Buchanan, Ina Balin, John Wayne, Patrick Wayne, Jack Elam, Nehemiah Persoff, Michael Ansara, Bruce Cabot, Lee Marvin, Stuart Whitman ...MORE
Cast: Henry Daniell, Richard Devon, Edgar Buchanan, Ina Balin, John Wayne, Patrick Wayne, Jack Elam, Nehemiah Persoff, Michael Ansara, Bruce Cabot, Lee Marvin, Stuart Whitman, Joan O'Brien ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Action/Adventure, Action, Western
The Comancheros is a 1961 western Deluxe CinemaScope color film directed by Michael Curtiz and John Wayne (uncredited) based on a 1952 novel by Paul Wellman starring John Wayne and Stuart Whitman. When health troubles prevented Curtiz from finishing the film, Wayne directed the remainder of the movie, though his role remained uncredited. Curtiz died shortly after the film was completed. The supporting cast includes Ina Balin, Lee Marvin, Nehemiah Persoff, and Bruce Cabot. Also featured are western film veterans Bob Steele, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, and Harry Carey, Jr. in uncredited... MORE
The Comancheros is a 1961 western Deluxe CinemaScope color film directed by Michael Curtiz and John Wayne (uncredited) based on a 1952 novel by Paul Wellman starring John Wayne and Stuart Whitman. When health troubles prevented Curtiz from finishing the film, Wayne directed the remainder of the movie, though his role remained uncredited. Curtiz died shortly after the film was completed. The supporting cast includes Ina Balin, Lee Marvin, Nehemiah Persoff, and Bruce Cabot. Also featured are western film veterans Bob Steele, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, and Harry Carey, Jr. in uncredited supporting roles.
In 1843 a roguish gambler Paul Regret (Stuart Whitman) escapes a death penalty after winning a duel with the son of a Louisiana judge, Emil Bouvier (Gregg Palmer) (and he claimed that he would have only wounded him 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 soon recaptured after a chance encounter with Cutter in a saloon.
In the process of returning Regret to Louisiana, Cutter is forced to join forces with the condemned to fight the "Comancheros;" LESS
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