Last of the Comanches

Last of the Comanches
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Andre DeToth
Produced by	Buddy Adler
Written by	Kenneth Gamet
Starring	Broderick Crawford Barbara Hale
Music by	George Duning
Cinematography	Ray Cory Charles Lawton Jr.
Edited by	Al Clark
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	February 1, 1953 (1953-02-01)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Last of the Comanches (released in the UK as The Sabre and the Arrow) is a 1953 American Technicolor Western film directed by Andre DeToth, starring Broderick Crawford and Barbara Hale.^[1] The film is a remake of the 1943 World War II film Sahara, starring Humphrey Bogart.^[2] Lloyd Bridges appeared in both films.

Plot

Sgt. Matt Trainor (Broderick Crawford) leads the survivors of a massacred cavalry troop from the ruins of the destroyed frontier town of Dry Buttes, along with a ragtag group of stagecoach passengers, in a fight for survival against fierce Comanches led by Black Cloud (John War Eagle) at a desert ruin.

Cast

• Broderick Crawford as Sgt. Matt Trainor
• Barbara Hale as Julia Lanning
• Johnny Stewart as Little Knife
• Lloyd Bridges as Jim Starbuck
• Mickey Shaughnessy as Rusty Potter
• George Mathews as Romany O'Rattigan
• Hugh Sanders as Denver Kinnaird
• Chubby Johnson as Henry Ruppert
• Martin Milner as Billy Creel
• Milton Parsons as Satterlee the Prophet
• Jack Woody as Cpl. Floyd
• John War Eagle as Black Cloud

Comic book adaption

• Avon Periodicals: Last of the Comanches (1953)^[3][4]

References

External links

• Last of the Comanches on IMDb
• Last of the Comanches at AllMovie
• Last of the Comanches at the TCM Movie Database
• Last of the Comanches at the American Film Institute Catalog