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Director: Curtiz, Michael
Actors: Michael Ansara, Phil Arnold, Ina Balin, Don Brodie, Edgar Buchanan
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

29 reviews
Sales Rank: 11508

Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 107
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6

MPN: FOXD2007543D
UPC: 024543075424
EAN: 0024543075424
ASIN: B00008MTW5

Theatrical Release Date: October 30, 1961
Release Date: May 20, 2003
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Editorial Reviews:

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Nobody made a fuss about The Comancheros when it came out, yet it has proved to be among the most enduringly entertaining of John Wayne's later Westerns. The Duke, just beginning to crease and thicken toward Rooster Cogburn proportions, plays a veteran Texas Ranger named Jake Cutter. When we first see him (in a tongue-in-cheek delayed entrance), he's catching up with a New Orleans dandy (Stuart Whitman) who killed a judge's son in a duel just after that gentlemanly practice was banned. Monsieur Paul Regret--or "Mon-sooor," as Jake insists on calling him--is not a bad fellow, let alone a badman, and it only follows that, after the requisite number of misunderstandings, he and Jake will join forces to subdue rampaging Indians and the evil white men behind their uprising.

The Comancheros was the last credit for Michael Curtiz, who, ravaged by cancer, ceded much of the direction to Wayne (uncredited) and action specialist Cliff Lyons. With support from Wayne stalwarts James Edward Grant (coscreenplay) and William Clothier (camera), the first of many rousing Elmer Bernstein scores for a Wayne picture, and a big, flavorful cast including Lee Marvin (the once and future Liberty Valance), Nehemiah Persoff, Bruce Cabot, and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams (in his last movie), they made a broad, cheerfully bloodthirsty adventure movie for red-meat-eating audiences of all ages. Even the liberal-pinko Time magazine had to second the salute from leading lady Ina Balin at film's end: "Take care of yourself, Big Jake ... we've sort of gotten used to you." --Richard T. Jameson

Product Description
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 05/13/2008 Run time: 107 minutes Rating: Nr

Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars

An above average John Wayne Western! October 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I've always been a John Wayne fan, although I'm not fanatic enough to think every movie he ever made was great. When you make 18 - 20 movies per decade there will be some clinkers. The Comancheros, though was not one of them. An above average John Wayne Western that never takes itself too seriously.

Taking place before the Civil War, Wayne plays Texas Ranger Captain Jake Cutter who has been assigned to bring in a Louisiana Killer/Gambler named Paul Regret (portrayed well by Stuart Whitman) for extradition. Regret is able to escape, gets caught again, fights side-by-side with Cutter against an Indian attack, and ends up joining the Rangers, although being less than enthusiastic about it. He and Cutter then pose as gun runners to infiltrate a society of outlaws who have a very good working relationship with the Comanches. There are many twists and turns to enjoy throughout the movie, even if the ending is somewhat predictable.

What makes this movie good is that the plot has both a serious and an easy-going side. Plus Wayne doesn't have to carry the movie. Whitman does a great job matching up to Wayne and even manages to steal a few scenes. Add to that a great cast. Besides Wayne & Whitman you have Lee Marvin as Crow, another gun-runner, Bruce Cabot as Major Henry, Cutters Commanding Officer, Ina Balin as Pilar - Regret's love interest, Nehemiah Persoff as her father and leader of the Comancheros, and Michael Ansara as Amelung, the second-in-command of the outlaws and want-to-be suitor of Pilar.

One other great aspect of the movie, the wonderful music score by Elmer Bernstein. One of my favorites.

I would recommend this to fans of 1960's western. Not too much violence but plenty of action, with just enough romance slipped in, it is a very entertaining film.

5 out of 5 stars

Comuncheros January 11, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful

I am a John Wayne fan so it goes with out Quwstion that this was another great movie.

3 out of 5 stars

I'M GONNA GO OUT WEST AND WRESTLE ME A GRIZZLY BEAR December 24, 2006
4 out of 6 found this review helpful

Texas Ranger, (John Wayne) enlists the aid of wanted fugitive, (Stuart Whitman), to bust gunrunning operation. Everything you can expect from a Wayne western, with eye-popping Cinerama,(or whatever they called it in 1961), rousing musical theme that becomes a little less so by the fourth or fifth ride into the sunset, dancing skirt sashaying senioritas, (hoochie-koochie, anyone?), standard western stunts, (falling horses, especially), and a still cloudy distinction of the American Indian as being either 'wild', (bloodthirsty scalpers of white people), or 'tame', (sell their soul for a cheap bottle of whiskey and a good cigar). Love interest Ina Bolin, (dark, mysterious, like you can picture a whip in her hand), adds some Mexican zing to the mix, but man, those are some nasty wigs she wears.

3 out of 5 stars

Comancheros editing November 15, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

Good action buddy movie. If you buy the movie, be forewarned that editing takes out some scenes. This version from foxhome video does not show John Wayne coming aboard the steamboat, but is referenced later on. The version shown on AMC-TV channel is a different full version. Just be aware there is an edited version.

4 out of 5 stars

A cheerful and solid action - buddy film with Wayne and Whitman filling the screen May 18, 2006
9 out of 10 found this review helpful

This is a kind of movie that is not made any more. It is an action movie with a gentle heart and a happy spirit. Even the bad guys are somehow awful, but we don't hate them. One interesting thing about this movie is John Wayne's role in the movie. Yes, he is the star, whenever he is on screen anywhere he dominates it, but the story is really more about Paul Regret (wonderfully played by Stuart Whitman) and Pilar Graile (glowingly done by Ina Balin). John Wayne's role, while central, isn't the guy who gets the girl, and plays more as the protector and guide to Paul Regret, who ends up saving Jake more than once. Jake's a widower and more than friends with the widow of his best friend. Not too subtly, Melinda Marshall (the beautiful Joan O'Brien) has fences that need mending, and Paul Regret asks Jake for a good reason why he doesn't marry her.

How Paul and Jake meet each other and how they become friends is a big part of the movie and a very enjoyable part. In fact, this is really a buddy film and a darn good one, even with the wiseacre line when they are hanging by their arms and helpless in the bad guy camp, "I wonder if they know how much trouble they are in."

The head bad guy and leader of the Commancheros is Pilar's father who is also a paraplegic (superbly done by Nehemiah Persoff) and he rules his society of ne'er do wells with intelligence and a great political sense. It is his right hand henchman, Amelung, who is the most sinister character in the movie and played to a turn by Michael Ansara.

This is a movie with a plot that chugs along like the cheery Elmer Bernstein score that supports it. It has its interesting moments, but mostly it is a lot of fun. If you enjoy John Wayne, and I do, you get a good story for him with all the fine performances of the other stars plus some fire, Indian battles, and even a duel.

Not great, but a very worthwhile entertainment.

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