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Release year: 1961

Storyline

A Texas Ranger captures a fugitive and returns him to Louisiana to face sentence, but soon they are forced to work together in an effort to defeat a fierce band of outlaws dealing with the Comanches known as Comancheros.

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Cast

John Wayne — Capt. Jake Cutter
Stuart Whitman — Paul Regret
Ina Balin — Pilar Graile
Nehemiah Persoff — Graile

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Did you know

• George Sherman produced this film, and Michael Curtiz directed it. During much of the shooting, Curtiz was seriously ill: he died of cancer shortly after the film's release. On the days when Curtiz was too ill to work, John Wayne took over direction. When the film was completed, he told the studio that he did not want credit as co-director and insisted that Curtiz's name alone appear as director. Wayne performed the same function in 1971 on "Big Jake (1971)," which was directed by Sherman, who took ill during production. Wayne directed the film on the days when Sherman couldn't and again insisted that he not receive co-director credit.

• Because of Lee Marvin's performance as Tully Crow, John Wayne recommended Marvin to John Ford as the eponymous villain of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962).

• Paul Regret (Stuart Whitman) was the lead in the novel, and Capt. Jake Cutter (John Wayne) had to be amplified for the film version.