Last of the Comanches
| Last of the Comanches | |
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| Directed by | Andre DeToth |
| Written by | Kenneth Gamet |
| Produced by | Buddy Adler |
| Starring | Broderick Crawford Barbara Hale |
| Cinematography | Ray Cory Charles Lawton Jr. |
| Edited by | Al Clark |
| Music by | George Duning |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Last of the Comanches (released in the UK as The Sabre and the Arrow) is a 1953 American Technicolor Western film directed by Andre DeToth, starring Broderick Crawford and Barbara Hale.[1] The film is a remake of the 1943 World War II film Sahara, starring Humphrey Bogart.[2] Lloyd Bridges appeared in both films.
Plot
Sgt. Matt Trainor (Broderick Crawford) leads the survivors of a massacred cavalry troop from the ruins of the destroyed frontier town of Dry Buttes, along with a ragtag group of stagecoach passengers, in a fight for survival against fierce Comanches led by Black Cloud (John War Eagle) at a desert ruin.
Cast
- Broderick Crawford as Sgt. Matt Trainor
- Barbara Hale as Julia Lanning
- Johnny Stewart as Little Knife
- Lloyd Bridges as Jim Starbuck
- Mickey Shaughnessy as Rusty Potter
- George Mathews as Romany O'Rattigan
- Hugh Sanders as Denver Kinnaird
- Chubby Johnson as Henry Ruppert
- Martin Milner as Billy Creel
- Milton Parsons as Satterlee the Prophet
- Jack Woody as Cpl. Floyd
- John War Eagle as Black Cloud
Comic book adaption
- Avon Periodicals: Last of the Comanches (1953)[3][4]
References
- ^ Last of the Comanches at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- ^ "Last of the Comanches". Tcm.com. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
- ^ "Avon Periodicals: Last of the Comanches". Grand Comics Database.
- ^ Avon Periodicals: Last of the Comanches at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
External links
- Last of the Comanches at IMDb
- Last of the Comanches at AllMovie
- Last of the Comanches at the TCM Movie Database
- Last of the Comanches at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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