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| 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 |
| Release date | November 1, 1961 |
| Running time | 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.
John Wayne in The Comancheros
Parts of the film were shot in Professor Valley, Dead Horse Point, King’s Bottom, La Sal Mountains, Fisher Valley, Onion Creek, Hurrah Pass and Haver Ranch in Utah.
Bosley Crowther called the film “so studiously wild and woolly it turns out to be good fun”; according to Crowther, “[t]here’s not a moment of seriousness in it, not a detail that isn’t performed with a surge of exaggeration, not a character that is credible.”
A song recorded by Claude King covered some of the plot of this film. It was meant to be released with the film but was only used in trailers.
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