I remember seeing The Comancheros in the Sheepshead Bay Movie Theatre in Brooklyn as a lad and a theater is where this film should really be viewed. Secondly the Cinemascope photography is breathtaking even viewing a formatted VHS copy. You will be humming that theme days after viewing this film. First Elmer Bernstein's music keeps the action going. Three things stand out in The Comancheros. This was the last directorial effort of Michael Curtiz and he kept the action flowing. He wouldn't have anything to complain about The Comancheros on that score. DeMille was of the opinion that motion pictures have to move. But for pure entertainment value this is the quintessential Duke. John Wayne made better films with John Ford and Howard Hawks and he even made more historically accurate films.
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