Comanche Territory

Okay he passed away bout 6 months before I got hooked on days freshmen year in college. But they had flashbacks in late 1994. And well later on..

Movie fairly standard western , with absurd Iron Eyes Cody at the beginning (he's Italian not Native America ) Only seen him in one movie (Ernest goes to Camp) and 1 ad everyone makes fun of.... Still a good actor can fool everyone... Like Scotty. James wasn't Scottish. But ye would never know it

Maureen's Irish accent , which I've never heard before shows up here now and then. Was refreshing to hear and some singing to boot. Pretty much a family western with arrows falling oddly from the sky. (did an airplane drop them ) lol oh well if you are stuck inside the house from Covid-19 why not. Trying not to watch that many serious movies at the moment. :)

Quality: 4/10 Entertainment: 8/10 Re-Playable: 5/10 cause Jim Bowie is portrayed here so I bumped it up further slightly.

While the movie itself is just a standard western, the locations are absolutely beautiful, well worth watching the movie just for the scenery.

Silver has been discovered on Comanche lands. The U.S. government has reached a deal with the Comanches for mining of the land, but it seems that greedy locals want to make sure that they're not made aware of any agreement. The legendary James Bowie (Macdonald Carey) arrives on the scene, realizing that he's got his work cut out for him in trying to prevent hostilities from flaring. Among the characters that he meets are genial politician Dan'l Seeger (Will Geer) and the incredibly feisty local businesswoman Katie Howard (Maureen O'Hara).

Overall, this is a reasonably absorbing if also routine Western. It is beautifully shot, in colour, by Maury Gertsman. It treats its Indian characters with a modicum of respect, although it does take one out of the action seeing that Rick Vallin, playing Pakanah, is clearly white. A fairly short running time (76 minutes) and adequate direction (by George Sherman) help to make this pass the time agreeably. Certainly the big action finale is rousing enough.

The cast is the best asset that the movie has. Carey is an engaging lead. O'Hara is at her most fiery and ravishing as Katie. Carey and Geer have fine chemistry, and Geer, who steals the show, clearly has some fun playing a rather colourful character. Charles Drake is also good as Katies' brother Stacey. Other players include Pedro de Cordoba as Comanche chief Quisima, Ian MacDonald (the villain in "High Noon" two years later) as Walsh, film debuting Parley Baer as Boozer the bartender, James Best as Sam, and Glenn Strange as Big Joe.

There's nothing here that's really all that memorable, but it *is* entertaining.

Six out of 10.

A handsome, good-humoured Technicolor western about Jim Bowie, this time played by a laconic Macdonald Carey aided by wily old chum Will Geer.

Feisty, buckskin-wearing female lead Maureen O'Hara later recalled it as "a fairly decent western and the film in which I mastered the American bullwhip. By the time the picture was over, I could snap a gigarette out of someone's mouth".

This little-seen quasi-Western from 1950 stars McDonald Carey as Jim Bowie helping his friends, the Indians, from an army of marauding white men out to steal Indian land for its silver. The action is set well before the Civil War, so it is improper to call this a Western, although on the meager budget this was shot on, there are plenty of classic Western outfits on display throughout. Carey is at his prime here, and makes for a virile and resourceful Bowie. An absolutely stunning and very youthful Maureen O'Hara is his feisty love interest, who initially is all for white folks taking over Indian land. She wears some silly outfits that look like they came from a Roy Rogers flick, but she also gets to wear at least one formal dress that shows off her distinctive assets. She also gets to put on quite a brogue, enough so that you might think you're watching THE QUIET MAN from time to time. All in all, a fun "B" flick of a type now long forgotten.