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The Comancheros 1961 Directed by Michael Curtiz

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!

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Action , Western
Production Company 20th Century Fox
Budget $4,260,000
Revenue $3,500,000
Release Date 16 December 1961
105 mins
Cast
John Wayne
John Wayne Jake Cutter
Stuart Whitman
Stuart Whitman Paul Regret
Ina Balin
Ina Balin Pilar Graile
Nehemiah Persoff
Nehemiah Persoff Graile
Lee Marvin
Lee Marvin Crow
Michael Ansara
Michael Ansara Amelung
Patrick Wayne
Patrick Wayne Tobe (Texas Ranger)
Bruce Cabot
Bruce Cabot Maj. Henry (Ranger CO)
Joan O'Brien
Joan O'Brien Melinda Marshall
Jack Elam
Jack Elam Horseface (Comanchero)
Edgar Buchanan
Edgar Buchanan Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen
Henry Daniell
Henry Daniell Gireaux
Richard Devon
Richard Devon Esteban
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams Ed McBain - Gunrunner (uncredited)
Phil Arnold
Phil Arnold Nervous Drunk (uncredited)
Anne Barton
Anne Barton Martha Schofield (uncredited)
Steve Baylor
Steve Baylor Comanchero (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
Danny Borzage Barfly (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Don Brodie Card Dealer (uncredited)
Alan Carney
Alan Carney Stillwater Bartender (uncredited)
Iphigenie Castiglioni
Iphigenie Castiglioni Josefina (uncredited)
Dennis Cole
Dennis Cole Blonde Youth (uncredited)
Booth Colman
Booth Colman Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Jackie Cubat
Jackie Cubat Fuzzy - Hotel Girl (uncredited)
Gabriel Curtiz
Gabriel Curtiz Marsac (uncredited)
John Dierkes
John Dierkes Ranger Bill Larsen (uncredited)
Ilana Dowding
Ilana Dowding Mary Schofield (uncredited)
William Fawcett
William Fawcett Poker Player (uncredited)
Eric Feldary
Eric Feldary Valtin (uncredited)
Joe Gray
Joe Gray Minor Role (uncredited)
Lenmana Guerin
Lenmana Guerin Indian Maid (uncredited)
Claude Hall
Claude Hall Ranger (uncredited)
Tom Hennesy
Tom Hennesy Gordo - Graile's Bodyguard (uncredited)
Tom Hernández
Tom Hernández Croupier (uncredited)
Joseph La Cava
Joseph La Cava Dealer (uncredited)
George J. Lewis
George J. Lewis Chief Iron Shirt (uncredited)
Jon Lormer
Jon Lormer White-Haired Man on Riverboat (uncredited)
Roger Mobley
Roger Mobley Bub Schofield (uncredited)
Bob Steele
Bob Steele Pa Schofield (uncredited)
Crew
Director
Michael Curtiz
Michael Curtiz
Writers
James Edward Grant
James Edward Grant
Clair Huffaker
Clair Huffaker
Producer
George Sherman
George Sherman
Cinematography
William H. Clothier
William H. Clothier
Composer
Elmer Bernstein
Elmer Bernstein
Editor
Louis R. Loeffler
Louis R. Loeffler
Original Writer
Paul Wellman
Paul Wellman
Art Direction
Jack Martin Smith
Jack Martin Smith
Alfred Ybarra
Alfred Ybarra
Set Decoration
Robert Priestley
Robert Priestley
Walter M. Scott
Walter M. Scott
Costume Design
Marjorie Best
Marjorie Best
Additional Photography
Larry Shaw
Larry Shaw