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A Texas Ranger and a gambler team up to stop a gang of Comancheros who sell weapons and liquor to the Comanches. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more for this classic western film.
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- Drama, Western
- Michael Curtiz, John Wayne
- 1961-11-29
The Comancheros is a 1961 American CinemaScope Western 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, Joan O'Brien, Patrick Wayne, and Edgar Buchanan.
Find out who starred in and worked behind the scenes of the classic western film The Comancheros, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring John Wayne. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers, and more on IMDb.
The Comancheros were a group of 18th- and 19th-century traders based in northern and central New Mexico. They made their living by trading with the nomadic Great Plains Indian tribes in northeastern New Mexico, West Texas, and other parts of the southern plains of North America.
In June 1961, The Comancheros finally started shooting in Moab, Utah. The story follows a Texas Ranger (Wayne) who is bringing a gambler (Whitman) to prison, before they find themselves joining forces against outlaws led by Nehemiah Persoff.
- Michael Curtiz, Jack R. Berne, Cliff Lyons
- John Wayne
After his partner is killed, aging Texas Ranger Jake Cutter (John Wayne) is assigned to capture gambler Paul Regret (Stuart Whitman), a condemned prisoner who...
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- Western
- PG
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Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves dealing with the Comanches known as Comancheros.
