Last of the Comanches (1953)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

André De Toth

Writer:

Kenneth Gamet (writer)

Release Date:

1 February 1953 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

Sergeant Trainor leads a group of survivors from an Indian raid to safety.

Plot Keywords:

Raid | Native American | Beautiful Woman | Remake

Cast

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

Also Known As:

The Sabre and the Arrow (UK)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:K-16 | Spain:18 | USA:Approved (PCA #15709)

Filming Locations:

Buttercup Dunes, Imperial County, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Film debut of Mickey Shaughnessy.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Sahara (1943/I)

Troopers battle thirst and Indians

This western is a survival story as a cavalry sergeant leads six cavalry troopers and a few stagecoach travelers across barren desert flats and must battle thirst, sand-storms and Comanches. The film is a carbon-copy of the 1943 film "Sahara" in a western setting with the soldiers fighting Indians with other western movie clichés thrown in. Barbara Hale, the cast's only femme, shows how handy she can be with a repeating rifle. There are some fine battle scenes but most of the film is bogged down with dialogue for character development. An Indian boy nearly abandoned in the desert by the troopers later saves the day by reaching a distant fort to alert the soldiers of the endangered troop's situation and bringing the cavalry to the rescue.