a5c7b9f00b Indian scout Jim Read is picked by his commander to set up a meeting between Comanche Chief Quanah Parker and a representative from Washington to negotiate a peace treaty. People from the Comanche tribewellthe US Calvary have reason to prevent the meeting from ever taking place. Romance, betrayal and fighting ensue. Common efforts of the U.S. government and the Comanche nation to negotiate a peace treaty are sabotaged by renegade Indians and by the short-sighted Indian Commissioner. Not the greatest Western,but a nice enough effort.How anyone could say it&#39;s awful must be looking for FX.Dana Andrews not at his best,but makes an honest effort.Henry Brandon iswooden hereBlack Cloudhe wasone of Maximilian&#39;s soldiers/officers in Vera Cruz.Linda Cristal and Dana show their having gotten quite close during Mexican filming.Loved the wig.Didn&#39;t realize Lowell Gilmore,one of my favorites was in thisan agent for the U.S. Government.Kent Smith again co-stars with Dana Andrews,as Indian Chief trying to keep his nemesis Black Cloud from gumming up the peace with Washington,DC.Just thought it was a decent enough film. The period is 1875. The War Between The States had ended. But South of the Rio Grande, another more ancient and cruel war continued. Peaceful Mexican villages were tragic victims…<br/><br/>Comanche is directed by George Sherman and stars Dana Andrewsfrontier scout Jim Read, who is sent to hopefully broker peace between Mexicans and the Comanche. As usual conflict exists within the tribe {Quanah Parker and Black Cloud},it does within the cavalry. Thus peace will be very hard to establish after years of mistreatment and mistrust.<br/><br/>Filmed entirely in Durango, Old Mexico for authenticity and shot in deluxe colour for a Cinemascope production, Comanche is a very tidy B Western offering. The action scenes are well constructed, with the Blanco Canyon scenes particularly eye catching;the cavalry and divided Comanche armies form. While the acting, although far from being great, is competent and never at any time hinders the movie. Some misplaced jauntiness and a shoe-horned in romantic arc {Linda Cristal} threaten to derail the piece, and no doubt about it the film has over familiarity issues with Delmer Daves&#39; far better Broken Arrow from 1950. But it&#39;s an interesting story that offers up something different within the genre. And since we may never get a great film that deals with the Quanah Parker {played by Kent Smith here} story, Comanche at least made the effort, and made the effort to watch it worthwhile.<br/><br/>Solid, interesting and enjoyable. 6.5/10
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