Comanche Station
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| Comanche Station | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Budd Boetticher |
| Produced by | Budd Boetticher Randolph Scott |
| Written by | Burt Kennedy |
| Starring | Randolph Scott Claude Akins Nancy Gates Skip Homeier Richard Rust |
| Music by | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
| Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. |
| Editing by | Edwin H. Bryant |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | March 1960 |
| Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Comanche Station is a 1960 American CinemaScope western film. This was the last of Budd Boetticher's late 1950s Ranown Cycle (produced by Randolph Scott and Harry Joe Brown) western films starring Randolph Scott.
[edit] Plot
The film tells the story of a man whose wife was captured by Comanches. He frees another man's wife (Gates) and is taking her home when he meets three outlaws, led by the charming but malevolent Akins, who want to turn her in for a reward. He must protect her against these men as well as the threat of marauding Comanches.
[edit] Cast
- Randolph Scott.....Jefferson Cody
- Claude Akins.....Ben Lane
- Nancy Gates.....Nancy Lowe
- Skip Homeier.....Frank
- Richard Rust.....Dobie