The Comancheros
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Movie Reviews of The Comancheros
Movie Review: rollicking good time.
Summary: 4 Stars
John Wayne as the texas ranger whose job it is intially to bring in gambler Stuart Whitman is great fun with a great score to support this technicolor action and buddy film. The title refers to a group of white outlaws who rile up the indians against the settlers. Ina Balin is the lady with a connection to the outlaw clan that Stuart lays claim to and eventually wins. Wayne as the senior member of this buddy team helps out in the romance department being a little long of tooth to be the romantic focal point though there is a brief indication of a love interest for his character as well. Stuart becomes a reluctant ranger in order to save himself from deportation back to Louisiana and an appointment with a hangman for winning a dueling contest and he is teamed with Wayne to locate the outlaw gang. The scenes between the two while they travel together initially as ranger and prisoner and finally as evolving friends and allies are most entertaining. Pleanty of action and entertaining dialogue. Cast is populated by a number of Wayne's stock company of actors and includes Lee Marvin in a relatively brief role as, what else, a bad guy. One of the most fun of Wayne's westerns before he started playing parodys of himself.
Movie Review: Anachronisms... but... what the hell...
Summary: 4 Stars
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...Great film... great cast (especially Lee Marvin) and great musical score. A few quibbles...
...As others have noticed... firearms wildly wrong for the period... (1840s). Men carrying Colt Peacemakers not available until 1872 and 1892 model Winchester rifles...
...Reference to "Fort Sill" which did not exist at the time. And the original gun-runner (Ed McBain) said to have spent time at the territorial prison at Yuma (AZ). At the time the film is set... Arizona and New Mexico and Califorina still part of Mexico... so they might have been annoyed by the Americans setting up a territorial prison on their turf... :)
...But... who cares...? Great film...
...PS: If you like reading westerns... even if you don't... see if your library has The Commancheros in stock... Film loosely based on well written book... Not tongue in cheek... that has a somewhat different ending.
Movie Review: Worth Crowing about
Summary: 4 Stars
Wayne as in any of his other great movies is larger than life. As a Texas Ranger his methods are not to be denied. Lee Marvin although only having a brief part plays it to the hilt as Crow, a hard as nails gun trader. Stuart Whittman is excellent as Monseur Paul Regret. We can understand why he was chosen to play in the TV series Cimarron Strip. He plays a credible Louisianan of class. Ina Balin does a fine job as the daughter of a wealthy outlaw. Several cameos including Patrick Wayne, the dukes son. The story, cast, and music add up to a sprawling western well worth owning. The DVD picture quality and sound are superb. I especially noticed how sharp the red credits are on the DVD since on most VHS or TV viewings they bleed like the bad guys.Movie Review: No regret
Summary: 4 Stars
Good thing the Duke kept Mr Paul Regret around! This is a great JW movie with a tremendous supporting cast. This one falls in and out of my top ten John wayne movies, so i still haven't bought it. Instead, I have to watch it with the commercials on TV.Movie Review: Commancheros
Summary: 4 Stars
Another great John Wayne western. These old westerns will never be lost cause they represent the old west as most of us really want it to be. I was a stuntman in those days and was lucky eough to work on this film.