Comanche is a 1956 western film directed by george sherman and starring dana andrews. Kirk, the interplanetary commander of the enterprise on the tv series star trek, and the several feature films it later inspired. Comanche station 1960 cast and crew when solitary cowboy jefferson cody randolph scott hears tales of a white woman living as a captive of the comanche tribe, he rides deep into the tribes. Cotten achieved prominence on broadway, starring in the original stage productions of the philadelphia story and sabrina fair. Rolls 87882 rolls 21123 comanche kiowa agency,186480. The daughter of dawn had disappeared shortly after it was made and was thought to be lost. These will be very similar to factory though i wont say identical. Dialogue and music are clear but not especially dynamic, and the almost complete lack of low end doesnt give the action a great deal of punch. Dec 23, 2018 today marks the 50 th anniversary of the release of white comanche. Comanche is one of several 1950s westerns sympathetic to the indian point of view. White comanche comanche blanco, 1968, western movie.
Fhl film number post1885 census m595 roll number fhl film number comanche anadarko area office, 1881 1962 fort worth rolls 21123 comanche upper platte agency,184655 washington d. Between the occasional cases of mistaken identity, johnnys unlikely seduction of kelly, the attempted murder of our hero by a bounty hunter, a few head shots, and perhaps the most accurate knife throw in film history, white comanche is a catandmouse game between two opposite sides of the same coin. Synopsis notah likes peyote and gets the crazy idea that hes the comanche messiah sent to lead the comanche nation against the white man but more specifically the dusty desert town of rio hondo. Interviews with b science fiction and horror movie makers. The film s entire cast was comprised of american indians, mostly kiowa and comanche. As racial tension builds between white settlers and comanche tribes, andrews does his best to calm the violent attacks by smith and his tomahawkwielding warriors, who are feeling pressure from. For a while, it seemed there was some irresistible gravitational pull. White parker 1887 1956 was a son of mahcheetawookey and quanah parker, chief of the comanches. Comanche indians essays examples filter results by. White comanche western movie, full length, english full western. White comanche manufactured on demand, mono sound on. See more ideas about native american, american history, native american indians. White comanche, full movie on youtube white comanche on imdb white comanche at rotten tomatoes.
Johnson a thesis submitted to the faculty of the graduate college in partial fulfillment of the degree of master of arts western michigan university kalamazoo, michigan december 1977 reproduced with permission of the owner. The film is listed in golden raspberry award founder john wilsons book the official. White wolfs camp, comanche nation, indian territory. Twin brothers, half white and half comanche, take different paths that overlap with johnny moon getting blamed for notahs violent acts until the final confrontation in rio hondo. White comanche is a wouldbe cult item, albeit one with a weak pulse, since the shatner character who gets the most screen time, isnt endowed with much personality. Notah and johnny moon, twin brothers of an indian mother and white father, look alike physically to the point that johnny is often blamed for criminal activities and atrocities performed by notah the white comanche. The film is listed in golden raspberry award founder john wilsons book the. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. But in 2004 a 35mm nitrate copy surfaced in private hands and is now preserved at the oklahoma.
Whitepages provides the top free people search and tenant screening tool online with contact information for over 250 million people including cell phone numbers and complete background check data compiled from public records, white pages and other directories in all 50 states. William shatner plays a pair of half whitehalf comanche twin brothers, hell bent on settling a lifelong feud. The film is listed in golden raspberry award founder john wilson s book the official razzie movie guide as one of the 100 most enjoyably bad movies ever made. Cutter, posing as gunrunner ed mcbain complete with foppish grey top hat rendezvouses with crow and cuts a. In 1879, when standing bear and other poncas returned to their nebraska homeland to bury standing bears deceased son, white eagle led the ponca who remained in indian territory on their assigned reservation. Full western movies, full length cowboy film, white comanche aka rio hondo 1968 aka comanche blanco original title, rated 18, runtime 1h 33min, western.
Comanche blanco william shatner white comanche 1968. White wolfs camp, comanche nation, indian territory summary indians with beds under shelter. In 1875, near durango, mexico, a group of renegade comanche attack a peaceful village and kidnap the daughter of a spanish aristocrat. Theres really only one moment in the comancheros when cutter loses his temper, and thats in his confrontation with comanchero tully crow.
Rolls 88996 rolls 21123 comanche upper arkansas agency, 185564 washington d. Comanche white pages comanche phone directory lookup. May 20, 2011 the rise and fall of the comanche empire quanah parker, considered the greatest comanche chief, was the son of cynthia ann parker, a white pioneer woman kidnapped by a raiding party when she was. Comanche blanco film completo 1968 italiano, filmhd comanche blanco 1968 streaming ita completo. White comanche 1968 twin brothers, half white and half comanche, take different paths that overlap with johnny moon getting blamed for notahs violent acts until the final confrontation in rio hondo. Full western movies, full length cowboy film, white comanche aka rio. The following is a list of works by canadian actor, singer, author, producer, director and corporate spokesman william shatner. Take advantage of great prices on bluray, 4k, merchandise, games, clothing and more. May 15, 1905 february 6, 1994 was an american film, stage, radio and television actor. In this film, the twin sons of a white man and an indian woman must struggle to overcome both their sibling rivalry and their conflicting identities. Original models were vector traced and scanned to be as true to the original as possible. You have to be in a certain mood to watch a movie like white comanche, but thats why youre reading this, right.
Oct 17, 2008 twin brothers battle with each other and their identity crises. White comanche is a wouldbe cult item, albeit one with a weak pulse, since the. One leans one way, the other goes to the other side. See more ideas about comanche indians, native american indians and native american history. One of the actors was white parker, son of comanche chief quanah parker. Every effort has been made to reproduce the logos and text according to factory. With wilford brimley, kris kristofferson, gerald mcraney, buck taylor. The horse known as comanche, being the only living representative of the bloody tragedy of the little bighorn, june 25th, 1876, his kind treatment and comfort shall be a matter of special pride and solicitude on the part of every member of the seventh cavalry to the. Jim bowie is sent into comanche country by the government on a mission to draw up a treaty allowing the government to mine silver on the indians turf. White comanche comanche blanco, 1968, western movie, english watch free movies in full lenght duration. With joseph cotten, william shatner, rosanna yanni, perla cristal.
White eagle the encyclopedia of oklahoma history and culture. Tired of this situation johnny notah decides to confront his brother which can only be solved in a duel to the death. Filming was done in and around the oak creek canyon area of arizona. Tonka comanche is given a medal for being the only survivor on the armys side and white bull is put in charge of tonka. Shot in spain in the mode of the spaghetti westerns that were in vogue at the time, the film would likely be forgotten today were it not the one where shatner plays half breed twin brothers, one of whom tries to live peaceably alongside the white man, while the other embraces his comanche roots and goes. Clint eastwood, james coburn, henry fonda, jack palance, woody strode fans can compile a long list of wellknown stars who rode the spaghetti western plains. Film 831 watch a movie about brothers william shatner plays a pair of half whitehalf comanche twin brothers, hell bent on settling a lifelong feud.
Having survived a bar fight, halfbreed johnny moon william shatner takes fire from the showgirl rosanna yanni recently raped by his indian twinbrother, then is rescued by sheriff logan joseph cotten in the italianspanish spaghetti western white comanche, 1968. The audio is presented in its original dolby digital mono format and defaults to a twochannel spread, but this is very much a thin presentation that reflects the era in which white comanche was made. In this film, the twin sons of a white man and an indian woman must struggle to overcome both. Shot in spain in the mode of the spaghetti westerns that were in vogue at the time, the film would likely be. White comanche manufactured on demand on movies unlimited. The remnants of a massacred cavalry troop and ragtag group of stagecoach passengers fight for survival against fierce comanches at a desert ruin.
Cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification. White eagle was the hereditary chief of the ponca indians. From hell to texas western movie in full length, cowboy film free full westerns duration. One is a generic cowboy, the other is the titular white comanche, a deranged psychopath whose brain has been ravaged by peyote. White comanche western movie, full length, english full. The atrocities listed in this article make it clear that white settlers of the day would have reason to fear a raid carried out by the dangerous tribe. The top layer of film is textured just like the factory one and the design is on the back side of that film. Twin sons of a white man and an indian engage in a struggle, brother against brother. Halfwhite, halfcomanche twin brothers johnny moon william shatner and notah also shatner have long been estranged, but things are even worse now that notah is a bloodthirsty outlaw, and. Around the world in 80 days won the academy award for best picture. Critics loved it, praising the excellent writing and performances as well as the lush shooting locations. Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate. White comanche western movie, full length, english full western movies duration. Most people on the planet earth know canadian actor william shatner born in montreal as captain james t.
For those of you who cant sit through this whole cheesy movie. White comanche 1968 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors. Buy white comanche from zavvi, the home of pop culture. Notah likes peyote and gets the crazy idea that hes the comanche messiah sent to lead the comanche nation against the white man but more specifically the dusty desert town of rio hondo. I found out the music scores werent from the same guy that did white comanche, but by a guy called juan garcia esquivel. Clark, a former methodist missionary to the comanches. Understandably one of the worst films of the eurowestern genre. The american indian as participant in the civil war, also available in digital form on the library of congress web site.
The daughter of dawn the encyclopedia of oklahoma history. Joseph cotten citizen kane costars and, yes, you can add him to the eurowestern list for this film and 1967s hellbenders. We provide answers to over 2 million searches every day, helping 35 million users. The comanche on the warpath this 1873 new york times article details brutality against white settlers on the texas frontier at the hands of the comanche.
Walt disneys tonka was released on december 25th, 1958. The truth johnny depp wants to hide about the reallife tontos. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Notah likes peyote and gets the crazy idea that hes the comanche messiah sent. Harry potter complete 8film collection dvd 2011, 8. Mar 27, 2015 as for cottens costar in white comanche, william shatner, he didnt do westerns at all. Ok, he was in a few episodes of kung fu, barbary coast and the like, but white comanche and the outrage were the only bigscreen westerns he did and the former was a junk european ripoff and the latter was more an overwrought filmed japanese play than a western movie. Comanche blanco streaming ita 1968 film completo guarda. White comanche or comanche blanco or rio honcho is a 1968 paella western starring william shatner in two roles the film is listed in golden raspberry award founder john wilsons book the official razzie movie guide as one of the 100 most enjoyably bad movies ever made. Jun 24, 2008 the musical score for an early silent film with comanche actors is at the center of a tangled legal dispute involving possible threats, theft, libel, charges about oklahoma historical society president robert blackburns contempt for the comanche community, notorious white supremacist david yeagleys disputed claim of being comanche, and a.
White commanche 1968 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Let me tell you about apache and comanche torture first off, hello friends. With broderick crawford, barbara hale, johnny stewart, lloyd bridges. Twin brothers, half white and half comanche, take different.
White comanche 1967 halfwhite, halfcomanche twin brothers johnny moon william shatner and notah also shatner have long been estranged, but things are even worse now that notah is a. Dana andrews stars as a frontier scout who hopes to shield his native american friends from the genocidal. Jul 31, 2018 white comanche or comanche blanco or rio honcho is a 1968 paella western starring william shatner in two roles. The comancheros trailer 1 texas ranger wayne enlists the aid of gambler whitman in the apprehension of a group of sleazy white outlaws, led by persoff, who help the comanche run guns and whiskey. Quanah parker and the rise and fall of the comanches, the most powerful indian tribe in american history paperback illustrated, may 10, 2011. Moon, estranged from his brother, decides to stop notah either by words or by bullets. Comanche territory is a 1950 american technicolor western film directed by george sherman starring maureen ohara and macdonald carey. White comanche 1968 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Released in 1968, white comanche is a spanish western no spaghetti starring william shatner in a dual role as twin halfbreed brothers, one who assimilates with the european settlers while the other stirs up comanche hostilities.
The story of the famous war horse comanche cowgirl. It was directed by jose briz mendez under the disguise of gilbert lee kay and it starred joseph cotton and startreks william shatner in a double role as twin brothers notah and johnny moon who were born of an indian mother and white father, look alike. With dana andrews, kent smith, nestor paiva, henry brandon. White comanche comanche blanco, 1968, western movie, english. He spends much of the movie shirtless and i could not get. Comanche blanco or white comanche is a spanish film made in 1968 that stars william shatner in the role of two brothers that are half white and half comanche. White comanche 1968 is a paella western frequently mislabeled as a spaghetti western, even by william shatner himself in his autobiography up to now long favored by bad cinema aficionados who appreciate the finer points of a classic good shatner versus evil shatner story.
White comanche opens with a drifter named johnny moon the good shatner barely escaping a lynching and then rescuing another unfortunate soul from a similar fate. White comanche western movie, full length, english. The film has a theme song a man is as good as his word sung by the lancers. Comanche white pages phone books in texas tx whitepages. Johnny moon, estranged from his brother, decides to stop notah either by words or by bullets. Full online access to this resource is only available at the library of congress. White comanche or comanche blanco or rio honcho is a 1968 paella western starring william shatner in two roles. Created published between 1891 and 1898 subject headings. How comanche indians butchered babies, roasted enemies alive and would ride 1,000 miles to wipe out one family. The original series, entitled the enemy within, in which a transporter malfunction split him into two peoplethe good kirk and the evil kirk.
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