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Comanche: Directed by George Sherman. With Dana Andrews, Kent Smith, Nestor Paiva, Henry Brandon. Common efforts of the U.S. government and the Comanche nation to negotiate a peace treaty are sabotaged by renegade Indians and by the short-sighted Indian Commissioner (Lowell Gilmore).
- (714)
- Drama, Western
- George Sherman
- 1956-03
In 1875, near Durango, Mexico, a group of renegade Comanche attack a peaceful village and kidnap the daughter of a Spanish aristocrat. They escape the Mexican Army by crossing into US territory. Jim Read (Dana Andrews), a frontier scout, is sent to investigate and ease tensions between the Mexicans and the Comanche. But long standing hatred and ...
Dana Andrews ... Jim Read: Kent Smith ... Quanah Parker: Nestor Paiva ... Puffer: Henry Brandon ... Black Cloud: Stacy Harris ... Downey (as Stacey Harris) John Litel ... Gen. Nelson A. Miles: Lowell Gilmore ... Commissioner Ward: Mike Mazurki ...
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Indian scout Jim Read (Dana Andrews) is picked by his commander (John Litel) to set up a meeting between Comanche Chief Quanah Parker (Kent Smith) and a representative from Washington (Lowell Gilmore) to negotiate a peace treaty. People from the Comanche tribe as well as the U.S. Calvary have reason to prevent the meeting from ever taking place.
Jan 3, 2016 · Dana Andrews is Jim Read, a cavalry scout sent on a perilous mission — to find Quanah Parker (Kent Smith), chief of the most powerful band of Comanche, and convince him peace with the whites is preferable to war. He accomplishes that task. The fact that he’s Quanah’s cousin helps.
Dana Andrews. Jim Read. Kent Smith. Quanah Parker. Linda Cristal. Margarita. Lowell Gilmore. Commissioner John Ward. Nestor Paiva. Puffer. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us....
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