Last of the Comanches

Last of the Comanches
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	André de Toth
Produced by	Buddy Adler
Written by	Kenneth Gamet
Starring	Broderick Crawford Barbara Hale
Music by	George Duning
Cinematography	Ray Cory Charles Lawton Jr.
Edited by	Al Clark
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	February 1, 1953 (1953-02-01)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Last of the Comanches Technicolor (released in the UK as The Sabre and the Arrow) is a 1953 American Western film directed by André de Toth and starring Broderick Crawford and Barbara Hale. The film is a remake of the 1943 World War II film Sahara starring Humprey Bogart. Actor Lloyd Bridges appeared in both films.

Plot

With Sgt. Matt Trainor, (Broderick Crawford) as its Leading Commander, what's left of a massacred cavalry troop from the isolated frontier town Dry Buttes, along with a ragtag group of stagecoach passengers, fight for survival against fierce Comanches led by Black Cloud, (John War Eagle) at a desert ruin.

Cast

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

External links

• Last of the Comanches at IMDb
• Last of the Comanches at AllMovie
• Last of the Comanches at the TCM Movie Database
• Last of the Comanches at the American Film Institute Catalog