The Comancheros (film)

The Comancheros
Theatrical poster
Directed byMichael Curtiz
Uncredited:
John Wayne
Screenplay byJames Edward Grant
Clair Huffaker
Based onThe Comancheros
1952 novel
by Paul I. Wellman
Produced byGeorge Sherman
StarringJohn Wayne
Stuart Whitman
Ina Balin
Lee Marvin
Nehemiah Persoff
Bruce Cabot
CinematographyWilliam H. Clothier
Edited byLouis Loeffler
Music byElmer Bernstein
Color processColor by Deluxe
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century-Fox
Release date
  • November 1, 1961 (1961-11-01)[1]
Running time
107 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4,260,000[2]
Box office$3,500,000[3]
Stuart Whitman & Ina Balin

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.

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.

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  2. ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p252
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