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The Comancheros Overview:

The Comancheros (1961) was a Action - Western Film directed by Michael Curtiz and John Wayne (uncredited) and produced by George Sherman.

The film was based on the novel of the same name written by Paul Wellman published in 1952.

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The Comancheros (1961)

By Beatrice on Jun 23, 2017 From Flickers in Time

The Comancheros Directed by Michael Curtiz Written by James Edward Grant and Clair Huffaker from a novel by Paul Wellman 1961/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/Netflix rental This is your average late John Wayne film in his avuncular  mode.  It does boast a partially scal... Read full article

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The Comancheros Quotes:

[while Regret and Cutter are tied up as prisoners]
Paul Regret: I wonder if they know how much trouble they're in.
Paul Regret: Gentlemen, let's remember we're gentlemen.
Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter: Forget it! He's just spittin' out words to see where they splatter.
Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter: You think I'm simple minded.
Paul Regret: Yes, I think you're simple minded.
Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter: Well, don't make a point of saying it too often... and once more would be too often!
Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen: Major here has told me what your troubles are. I've been thinking it over and in light of my forty years experience in legal jurisprudence, I have come to the positive conclusion that there ain't no way to do this legal and honest... but being good sensible Texans, we'll do it illegal and dishonest! Now all the boys here in the room have agreed to sign a paper I have prepared. They all are going to commit perjury. That's legal language for just a plain, dumb blasted lie.
Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter: You see those dark markings? A cross patch over light. It makes him look like a rattler. But you can see a thousand like him. But when you see your first rattlesnake, you'll know the difference.
Paul Regret: You still haven't told me how you tell a Commanche from a tame Indian.
Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter: Just like your first rattler. One look and you'll know.
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The Comancheros Facts
When John Wayne signs the hotel register as "McBain", one of the names in the register is William H. Clothier, the film's director of photography.
The last film of veteran cowboy actor Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, who died shortly after its completion.
Paul Wellman wrote the novel with Cary Grant in mind as Paul Regret. However, by the time the film was made in 1961 Grant was too old for the part, and would never have taken second billing to John Wayne.
John Wayne's character, Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter, is called Big Jake. Wayne later played Jacob McCandles in Big Jake.
Besides the name of William H. Clothier, the film's director of photography, another crew member's name that appears in the hotel registry signed by "Ed McBain" is that of Jack R. Berne, an assistant director on the film.
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