The Comancheros

1961 "Big Jake the Adventurer... Paul Regret the Gambler... Pilar the Gypsy beauty... Three With a Past... Destined to Cross and Clash... In a Kingdom of Killers!"
6.8| 1h45m| PG| en
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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 known as Comancheros.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
AboveDeepBuggy Some things I liked some I did not.
StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.
Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
Ed-Shullivan I have watched The Comancheros at least once every decade since it was initially released in 1961 and my most recent viewing was on the upgraded Blu Ray version with the special features section including a narrative by various historians familiar with the mid to late 1800's in the Texas/Mexico lands once ruled by the Comanche Indian. For those reviewers who choose to pointlessly pick apart this film from an historical point of view I suggest they be reminded that this film is a WESTERN genre and not a documentary. So if the writer/producer/director took some liberties with the type of rifles being hocked BETWEEN the Comancheros and Comanche's and WITH the time line I really didn't mind. What I enjoyed about this film is everything, especially the panoramic view of the wide open western wilderness.First of all it has John Wayne in the lead role as a Texas Ranger Captain Jake Cutter, who goes undercover in an attempt to find the hideout of the Comancheros who were trading guns to the Comanches for wealth ten times the guns worth. There is a young (31) and dashing Stuart Whitman in the role of a gambler and ladies man Monsieur Paul Regret who is wanted for murdering a judges son in a gentlemen's pistol duel over a woman. It becomes Jake Cutter's (John Wayne) objective to bring Monsieur Paul Regret in to be hanged for this so called murder. Of course Paul Regret has a Comachero love interest in Pilar Graile, played very confidently as a liberalized woman of the west by the attractive actress Ina Balin.There are a number of stellar performances by some great stars such as Lee Marvin's performance as gunrunner Tully Crow, Nehemiah Persoff as the leader of the Comancheros , Michael Ansara, Edgar Buchanan as the shady Circuit Court Judge, Jack Elam, Bruce Cabot, and John Wayne's son Patrick Wayne playing the adventurous 18 year old Tobe.I love watching a great western and most of John Wayne's performances give his audience their money's worth. The Comancheros is no exception. I give it a 7 out of 10 rating.
GeorgiaDixie The Commancheros is an excellent Western, staring the ultimate western star of all-time, John Wayne as a Texas Ranger Captain. Co-staring Stuart Whitman as a suave gambler/gunfighter and Ina Balin as the beautiful love interest, the film is fast-paced from beginning to end. The picture also features a then relatively unknown Lee Marvin in a small but important role.The movie features spectacular locales and a thoroughly entertaining score by Elmer Bernstein. The story, while not that deep, does the job adequately and develops the characters well during the course of the film. There is plenty of action from start to finish, including several good-sized battles with Commanches and their white allies versus the All-American Rangers in classic "white hat" against "black hat" style. The various story lines seem to be completely separate at many points in the movie but they all eventually come together for a climactic finish. The only true flaws deal with the anachronistic use of weapons from a much later period (1870s rifles and pistols being used in 1843), but that is a relatively minor point that can be easily ignored in a movie that is obviously not trying to be a history lesson. Wayne is in admirable form in his standard role and seems to be enjoying himself throughout the film.While The Commancheros doesn't have the symbolism and deeper meaning of the most John Ford-directed westerns, if you're looking for a good afternoon movie to sit back and enjoy then this thoroughly entertaining western is for you. Two thumbs up!
utgard14 Enjoyable western with the surprisingly nice pairing of John Wayne and Stuart Whitman. Wayne plays Texas Ranger Jake Cutter. That's quite possibly the manliest name ever. Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret (Whitman), who is wanted for killing a man even though it was in a fair duel. A lot of stuff happens but basically Cutter grows to respect and like Regret and the two team up to take on the Comancheros and the Comanches. I could explain the difference but it's probably better if you look it up. Solid cowboys and Indians western with a good cast. Nice support from Lee Marvin, Nehemiah Persoff, Jack Elam, Bruce Cabot, and Patrick Wayne. Henry Daniell appears briefly. The obligatory love interests are Ina Balin and Joan O'Brien. This is legendary director Michael Curtiz's last film. He was sick with cancer throughout the filming so an uncredited Wayne did quite a bit of the directing.
WandrinStar (6.5/10) I have Mixed feelings about this movie. It had great cinematography but poor period detail. Movie had some great action scenes and humor between Duke and Mon-SEWER, but also wore on when the film got off track such as the brief scene with Wayne's love interest who surprisingly never surfaced again after a small scene developing Wayne's backstory. Lee Marvin had a great cameo but Stuart Whitman and Ina Balin didn't do much to impress me. Well made but nothing too memorable to take away after a viewing. Decent but unspectacular entry in John Wayne and Michael Curtiz's filmographies. Good editing and writing with another amazing Elmer Bernstein score.