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Last of the Comanches

Last of the Comanches

6,2 /10 (23 Votes)
1953 EN 85 min

Overview

It's 1876 and all the Indians are at peace except the Comanches lead by Black Cloud. When Black Cloud wipes out a town, only six soldiers are left and they head for the nearest fort. In the desert they are reinforced by members of a stagecoach and find some water at a deserted mission. Pinned down by Black Cloud they send an Indian boy who was Black Cloud's prisoner on to the fort while they try to bargain with Black Cloud whom they learn is without water.

Release date

01/02/1953

Votes

23

Popularity

1.4

Ten men ... a woman ... and only a ghost of a chance !

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

85 min

Original Soundtrack

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John Chard

John Chard

2014-01-30

⭐ 7

I'll tell you when to drink, when to eat, when to sleep, and when to breathe! I'll tell you when to drink, when to eat, when to sleep, and when to breathe! Last of the Comanches (AKA: The Sabre and the Arrow) is directed by Andre De Toth and adapted to the screen by Kenneth Gamet. It stars Broderick Crawford, Barbara Hale, Lloyd Bridges, Mickey Shaughnessy, Johnny Stewart, George Matthews and Hugh Sanders. A Technicolor production with cinematography by Charles Lawton Junior and Ray Cory and music by George Duning. Safe as a bomb shelter Western. A remake of Zoltan Korda/Humphrey B…

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-03-27

⭐ 7

If you've seen Humphrey Bogart's cracking desert adventure "Sahara" (1943) then you'll know what you are in for... A disparate band of cavalry soldiers, alongside a stagecoach party, are ambushed by a rogue band of Commanches . With the help of the young "Little Knife" (Johnny Stewart) who is also running from "Black Cloud" and his marauders, they take refuge in a remote ruin were they have just enough water to survive - but not for long; and soon there is a siege going on too - with their enemy as short of water as they are... What ensues is a tensely directed Mexican stand off, each trying t…

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