Comanche (1956)

Director:

George Sherman

Writer:

Carl Krueger (writer)

Release Date:

March 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

The Never-Before-Told Epic of the Last Great Indian Battle...Filmed in the All-The-Earth-Spanning Power of CinemaScope

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Dead Children | Native American | Child Murder | Comanche Indian | Dead Child

Cast

Dana Andrews	...	Jim Read
Kent Smith	...	Quanah Parker
Nestor Paiva	...	Puffer
Henry Brandon	...	Black Cloud
Stacy Harris	...	Art Downey
John Litel	...	Gen. Nelson Miles
Lowell Gilmore	...	Commissioner John Ward
Mike Mazurki	...	Flat Mouth
Tony Carbajal	...	Little Snake (as Antonio Carbajal)
Linda Cristal	...	Margarita
Reed Sherman	...	2nd Lt. John French
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
The Lancers	...	Themselves (singing voice)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Durango, Mexico

Company:

Carl Krueger Productions

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When the Comanches ride down the main street of the Mexican village, a crewmember wearing a white shirt, dark pants, and a hat can be seen at the lower-right-hand side of the screen turning around and walking off to screen right.

Quotes:

Quanah Parker: But our numbers do not increase. And the Americans are without number... they are like weeds... like drops of rain... no end to them.
Jim Read: The time has come to walk the path of the Americans.
Quanah Parker: This has long been on my mind. The Americans are brave. They know many things. We must learn from them... or the sun will set on us forever.

For acting less wooden, watch a cigar store indian!

This movie was dreadful from start to finish. From the score to the hokey storyline to the AWFUL acting and portrayals of everyone in the film. The only way my husband and I could watch this film was to give it the MST3000 treatment. And we had lots of fun, but at the movie's expense.

We laughed out loud at the ridiculous singing that underscores several points in the film.

We guffawed at the fact that they kept passing the same bit of scenery over and over.

We could not understand why the Indian chief spoke English with no accent, but couldn't seem to put his words in the right order.

But our favorite part was waiting for the Scalper guy to repeat what someone had just said, but rephrase it as a question. "Wanna know what I think about (insert previous line here)?"

Dreadful.