The Comancheros

Adventure, Western, Romance, Action

Michael Ansara	Amelung
Ina Balin	Pilar Graile
Bruce Cabot	Ranger CO Maj. Henry
Lee Marvin	Crow
Joan O'Brien	Melinda Marshall
Nehemiah Persoff	Graile
John Wayne	Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter
Stuart Whitman	Paul Regret
Patrick Wayne	Tobe, Texas Ranger
Jack Elam	Horseface, a Commanchero
Phil Arnold
Don Brodie
Edgar Buchanan

Director	Michael Curtiz; John Wayne
Producer	George Sherman
Writer	James Edward Grant; Clair Huffaker; Paul Wellman
Musician	Elmer Bernstein

This movie stars John Wayne as Jake Cutter, who has captured gambler Paul Regret (stuart Whitman) Now Jake must go after him. After a chance encounter with a saloon girl, (Ina Balin) Jake manages to recapture Paul. While returning to Louisiana, Jake is forced to fight the "Comancheros". White men who are smuggling guns and liquor to the Indians. He goes undercover with Tully Crow (Lee Marvin) who knows the whereabouts of the Comancheros hideout. Unfortunately Crow is killed and Jake has to partner up with Paul. Eventually they find themselves south of the border where the Comanchero leader Graile (Nehemiah Persoff) has established a kind of pirate society. They also find Graile's daughter is the saloon girl Pilar whom Paul has a history with. The two must figure out how to stay alive and somehow get word to the Rangers of the Comanchero's camp. The original director Micheal Curtiz was ill for parts of the movie and John Wayne took up the reins as director.