The Comancheros

About this Broadcast

A hard-bitten Texas Ranger joins forces with a convict and a gambler in a covert operation to run a gang of gunmen out of the territory for supplying Comanche warriors with arms and alcohol from a secret hideout in Mexico. After infiltrating the renegades' secret camp, the heroes have to figure out how to survive until help arrives. Western, with John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Nehemiah Persoff and Lee Marvin

1961 HD subtitles

Movie/Drama Western

Cast & Crew

John Wayne (Actor) .. Capt Jake Cutter

Stuart Whitman (Actor) .. Paul Regret

Ina Balin (Actor) .. Pilar Graile

Nehemiah Persoff (Actor) .. Graile

Lee Marvin (Actor) .. Tully Crow

Michael Ansara (Actor) .. Amelung

Patrick Wayne (Actor) .. Tobe

Bruce Cabot (Actor) .. Maj Henry

Joan O'Brien (Actor) .. Melinda Marshall

Jack Elam (Actor) .. Horseface

Henry Daniell (Actor) .. Gireaux

Edgar Buchanan (Actor) .. Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen

Michael Curtiz (Director)

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Did You Know..

John Wayne (Actor) .. Capt Jake Cutter

Born: May 26, 1907 in Iowa

Best Known For: Being a Hollywood icon.

Early-life: Born Marion Robert Morrison in Iowa on May 26, 1907. His family moved to California when he was young. John studied pre-law at the University of Southern California and played on the university's American football team until a broken collarbone injury put an end to his athletic career. He got a summer job in the prop department of a local film studio.

Career: Wayne began doing bit parts in westerns and adventures and appeared in about 70 movies before his breakthrough role in John Ford's Stagecoach (1939). He went on to star in more than 20 John Ford pictures, including Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Rio Grande (1950), The Searchers (1956) and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). Other notable films included Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), The Alamo (1960), The Green Berets (1968), True Grit (1969) and The Shootist (1976). He died of stomach cancer on June 11, 1979 at the age of 72.

Quote: 'I am an old-fashioned, honest-to-goodness, flag-waving patriot.'

Trivia: Known for his distinctive gravelly voice. He won an Academy Award for True Grit. He played the lead role in 142 films and was predominantly known for his roles in westerns.