Comanche Territory (1950 film)

Comanche Territory
Comanche Territory
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	George Sherman
Written by	Lewis Meltzer
Screenplay by	Oscar Brodney; Lewis Meltzer
Produced by	Leonard Goldstein
Starring	Maureen O'Hara; Macdonald Carey
Cinematography	Maury Gertsman
Edited by	Frank Gross
Music by	Frank Skinner
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	May 1, 1950;
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.6 million

Comanche Territory is a 1950 American Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Maureen O'Hara 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, all instigated by saloon owner Katie Howard (Maureen O'Hara) 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

Maureen O'Hara as Katie Howard
Macdonald Carey as James Bowie
Will Geer as Dan'l Seeger
Charles Drake as Stacey Howard
Pedro de Cordoba as Quisima
Ian MacDonald as Walsh
Rick Vallin as Pakanah
Parley Baer as Boozer, the bartender
James Best as Sam
Edmund Cobb 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.^[2] The film was originally called The Bowie Knife. It was O'Hara's second film for Universal, following Bagdad (1949),^[3] and co-star Macdonald Carey's second film on loan from Paramount, following South Sea Sinner (1950).^[4]

Location work was done at Kanab, Utah,^[5] but location shooting took place in and around the Oak Creek Canyon area of Arizona. Filming was postponed a week in August 1949 so O'Hara could recover from laryngitis.^[6]

References

^ "Top Grosses of 1950". Variety. January 3, 1951. p. 58.
^ THOMAS F. BRADY (March 22, 1949). "M'CREA GETS LEAD IN METRO PICTURE: To Play Clergyman in 'Stars in My Crown,' Based on Novel -- Fitts Doing Scenario". New York Times. p. 31.
^ Schallert, Edwin (October 13, 1949). "McNally on Loan Will Star in 'No Way Out'; O'Brien Does Bostonian". Los Angeles Times. p. B11.
^ Schallert, Edwin (August 11, 1949). "Ecuador Head-Hunter Film Beats Disaster; Hodiak Due in England". Los Angeles Times. p. 23.
^ Schallert, Edwin (August 12, 1949). "Jesse Lasky Jr. Plans Production in Europe; Bromfield Gets New Deal". Los Angeles Times. p. A7.
^ THOMAS F. BRADY (August 9, 1949). "MARSHALL TO STAR IN PICTURE FOR UA: Actor Is Returning to Screen in 'The Whip,' With Gale Storm and Dan Duryea". THE NEW YORK TIMES. p. 20.

External links

Comanche Territory at IMDb
Comanche Territory at the TCM Movie Database
Comanche Territory at Letterboxd
Comanche Territory at AllMovie

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[1] "Top Grosses of 1950". Variety. January 3, 1951. p. 58.

[2] THOMAS F. BRADY (March 22, 1949). "M'CREA GETS LEAD IN METRO PICTURE: To Play Clergyman in 'Stars in My Crown,' Based on Novel -- Fitts Doing Scenario". New York Times. p. 31.

[3] Schallert, Edwin (October 13, 1949). "McNally on Loan Will Star in 'No Way Out'; O'Brien Does Bostonian". Los Angeles Times. p. B11.

[4] Schallert, Edwin (August 11, 1949). "Ecuador Head-Hunter Film Beats Disaster; Hodiak Due in England". Los Angeles Times. p. 23.

[5] Schallert, Edwin (August 12, 1949). "Jesse Lasky Jr. Plans Production in Europe; Bromfield Gets New Deal". Los Angeles Times. p. A7.

[6] THOMAS F. BRADY (August 9, 1949). "MARSHALL TO STAR IN PICTURE FOR UA: Actor Is Returning to Screen in 'The Whip,' With Gale Storm and Dan Duryea". THE NEW YORK TIMES. p. 20.

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