''Comanche Territory '' is a 1950 American
Western film directed by
George Sherman
George Sherman (July 14, 1908 – March 15, 1991) was an American film director and producer of low-budget Western films. One obituary said his "credits rival in number those of anyone in the entertainment industry."
Biography
George Sherma ...
and starring
Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara (; 17 August 1920 – 24 October 2015) was a native Irish and naturalized American actress and singer, who became successful in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood from the 1940s through to the 1960s. She was a natural ...
and
Macdonald Carey.
Jim Bowie is sent into
Comanche country on a mission to allow the government to
mine silver on the Indian's land.
Plot
An
Indian treaty prevents settlers setting up camp on
Comanche territory, but
silver has been found and the government has sent
Jim Bowie (
Macdonald Carey) and Dan'l Seeger (
Will Geer) to negotiate a new treaty to allow the precious metal to be mined.
Bowie soon finds that settlers are planning a raid on the
Comanche
The Comanche or Nʉmʉnʉʉ ( com, Nʉmʉnʉʉ, "the people") are a Native American tribe from the Southern Plains of the present-day United States. Comanche people today belong to the federally recognized Comanche Nation, headquartered in La ...
, all instigated by
saloon owner Katie Howard (
Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara (; 17 August 1920 – 24 October 2015) was a native Irish and naturalized American actress and singer, who became successful in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood from the 1940s through to the 1960s. She was a natural ...
) and her crooked brother Stacey (
Charles Drake). Katie falls in love with Bowie and turns honest, but it may be too late to prevent another
Indian war.
Cast
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Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara (; 17 August 1920 – 24 October 2015) was a native Irish and naturalized American actress and singer, who became successful in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood from the 1940s through to the 1960s. She was a natural ...
as Katie Howard
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Macdonald Carey as James Bowie
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Will Geer as Dan'l Seeger
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Charles Drake as Stacey Howard
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Pedro de Cordoba as Quisima
* Ian MacDonald as Walsh
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Rick Vallin as Pakanah
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Parley Baer as Boozer, the bartender
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James Best as Sam
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Edmund Cobb
Edmund Fessenden Cobb (June 23, 1892 – August 15, 1974) was an American actor who appeared in more than 620 films between 1912 and 1966.
Biography
Cobb was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the son of William Henry Cobb and Eddie (Edmundi ...
as Ed
Production
In March 1949, Universal announced they would make a biopic of Jim Bowie produced by
Leonard Goldstein, most likely to star
Scott Brady as Bowie. The film was originally called ''The Bowie Knife''. It was O'Hara's second film for Universal, following ''
Bagdad'' (1949), and co-star Macdonald Carey's second film on loan from
Paramount, following ''
South Sea Sinner'' (1950).
Location work was done at
Kanab, Utah, but
location shooting took place in and around the
Oak Creek Canyon
Oak Creek Canyon is a river gorge located in northern Arizona between the cities of Flagstaff and Sedona. The canyon is often described as a smaller cousin of the Grand Canyon because of its scenic beauty. State Route 89A enters the canyon o ...
area of
Arizona. Filming was postponed a week in August 1949 so O'Hara could recover from laryngitis.
[MARSHALL TO STAR IN PICTURE FOR UA: Actor Is Returning to Screen in 'The Whip,' With Gale Storm and Dan Duryea
By THOMAS F. BRADY Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.9 Aug 1949: 20.]
References
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1950 films
Films directed by George Sherman
1950 Western (genre) films
American Western (genre) films
Films set in the 1830s
Films scored by Frank Skinner
Universal Pictures films
1950s English-language films
1950s American films
Cultural depictions of James Bowie
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