The Comancheros (film)
1961 film by Michael Curtiz / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Comancheros is a 1961 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Michael Curtiz, based on a 1952 novel of the same name by Paul Wellman, and starring John Wayne and Stuart Whitman. The supporting cast includes Ina Balin, Lee Marvin, Nehemiah Persoff, Bruce Cabot, Jack Elam, Joan O'Brien, Patrick Wayne, and Edgar Buchanan. Also featured are Western-film veterans Bob Steele, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, and Harry Carey, Jr. in uncredited supporting roles.
The Comancheros | |
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Directed by | Michael Curtiz Uncredited: John Wayne |
Screenplay by | James Edward Grant Clair Huffaker |
Based on | The Comancheros 1952 novel by Paul I. Wellman |
Produced by | George Sherman |
Starring | John Wayne Stuart Whitman Ina Balin Lee Marvin Nehemiah Persoff Bruce Cabot |
Cinematography | William H. Clothier |
Edited by | Louis Loeffler |
Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
Color process | Color by Deluxe |
Production company | |
Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
Release date | November 1, 1961[1] |
Running time | 107 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $4,260,000[2] |
Box office | $3,500,000[3] |
When terminal illness prevented Curtiz (director of Casablanca and The Adventures of Robin Hood) from finishing the film, Wayne took over as director, though his direction remained uncredited. Curtiz died shortly after the film was completed.