Clevercell Very disappointing...

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Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

bellino-angelo2014 This was Michael Curtiz's last movie, and it was completed by John Wayne (co-starring with Stuart Whitman), and it's still a great Western.Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret (wanted for murder), but soon they team for going undercover and defeat a band of army merchants and thieves known as the Comancheros. And in the meanwhile Whitman finds true love.This movie has three things that make it worth-watching: 1) The soundtrack it's so majestic that you will remember it months after watching this movie 2) The cast is one of the best ever in the history of Westerns; John Wayne and Stuart Whitman have a great chemistry (and they would have co-starred a year later in ''The Longest Day''), Ina Balin is gorgeous, and Michael Ansara and Nehemiah Persoff are good as the two main villains. But the best is LEE MARVIN! His character is only in 10 minutes of the movie, but it's superbly played even with a touch of comedy! And this is the last movie with Guinn ''Big Boy'' Williams.3) The scenery is superbly filmed in CinemaScope and it's very splendid!The Comancheros deserves to be in the first places of John Wayne's best movies and it surely deserves a better rating than 6.9! And you can't call yourself a Duke die-hard fan if you didn't saw this! 9 stars out of 10!

Wuchak Released in 1961 and directed by Michael Curtiz & John Wayne, "The Comancheros" is a Western starring Wayne as a lawman that captures a dashing gambler who's unjustly wanted for murder (Whitman). The two eventually team-up to take on a rogue organization in West Texas (or Mexico) who supply the notorious Comanches with guns. Joan O'Brien and Ina Balin appear as their potential babes. Nehemiah Persoff plays the lead villain, who doesn't appear until the final act. Lee Marvin, Michael Ansara, Patrick Wayne and Richard Devon have supporting roles. The events interestingly take place in 1843-44 during Sam Houston's second term as President of the Republic of Texas.The director, Curtiz, had a long career with several notable films (e.g. "Casablana" and "The Adventures of Robin Hood") and "The Comancheros" was his last. He fell ill during production and Wayne had to finish directing (uncredited in Curtiz' honor).To appreciate this film you have to acclimate to its early-60s hokiness but, once you do, it delivers the goods. It actually gets better as it moves along, perked up by Marvin's amusing antics as a loudmouthed outlaw and, especially, by the engaging plot that the James Bond films ripped off: There's the over-confident mega-villain (Persoff) with his impressive secret lair and mass of devotees.Wayne and Whitman have good chemistry, the latter fearless and debonair. Speaking of which, it's a wonder that Stuart didn't have a more stellar career as he's the quintessential Hollywood stud. On the opposite side of the gender spectrum, Balin is stunning as a Hispanic honey; and O'Brien is head-turning in a small role. The movie runs 107 minutes and was shot in Utah and Arizona.GRADE: B

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.

Tweekums When this film opens it doesn't feel much like a western it features two men engaged in a duel not the usual face to face shoot out in the middle of town. After the duel the winner, Paul Regret, is told he is to be charged with murder and flees from Louisiana on a boat to Galveston in what was then the independent Republic of Texas. On the boat he makes the acquaintance of a beautiful woman but doesn't get to know her too well as he is arrested as soon as the boat docks. The man who arrests him is Texas Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter. He intends to take Regret back to Louisiana but on the way he escapes. Unable to follow he returns to his headquarters and learns that another man has been arrested for smuggling guns to the Comancheros of the tithe; these are people who live by their own rules and supply weapons to the Comanche. In order to find them Cutter takes the man's place and makes contact with a middle man. While getting to know him over a game of poker he bumps into Regret again. Things don't go according to plan and he ends up killing his contact, without him he can't continue after the Comancheros so he arrests Regret once more and heads back to base. On the way they stop at a farmstead and when it is attacked Regret helps to defend it so the rangers decide to get him out of his predicament by making him a ranger! It is possible that this won't save him though as the rangers are planning another mission against the Comancheros; this time he and Cutter will ride into their territory and hope they don't get killed! This was an enjoyable John Wayne western he put in a solid performance as 'Big Jake' Cutter, he was able supported by Stuart Whitman as Paul Regret and Ina Balin as Regret's love interest Pilar Graile. Also notable was Lee Marvin as the man who was meant to be a go-between; he was delightfully unpleasant and sported a distinctive haircut following a partial scalping! There was plenty of well paced action and there was a bit of a twist when they get to the Comancheros' hide out. It is set amongst stunning scenery; this may not be the real scenery of Texas (it was filmed in Utah and Arizona) but it does look good! While John Wayne has done better westerns this one is still pretty good and well worth watching by all fans of the genre.