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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 .
- November 1, 1961
- George Sherman
The Comancheros: Directed by Michael Curtiz, John Wayne. With John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Nehemiah Persoff. 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.
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- Drama, Western
- Michael Curtiz, John Wayne
- 1961-11-29
The Comancheros (1961) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. Movies. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular ...
A Texas Ranger Exposes The Empire-Building Schemes Of A Madman When He Sets Out To Stop Gun And Whiskey Shipments To The Hostile Comanches.
The project began as a 1953 novel by Paul Wellman. George Stevens bought the rights, intending to produce and direct a film version until he was offered the chance by Twentieth Century-Fox to make The Diary of Anne Frank (1959). As part of that deal, he sold the rights to The Comancheros to the studio.
- Michael Curtiz, Jack R. Berne, Cliff Lyons
- John Wayne
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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 managed to escape hanging, and return ...
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- Western
- PG
Synopsis. The story opens in 1843, New Orleans. Roguish gambler Paul Regret (Stuart Whitman) has a duel with a man over a woman and despite attempting to just try and wound him when he fires at him, Regret kills him. When he discovers that the man is in fact the son of a Louisiana judge, he goes on the run to escape the death penalty.
