Comanche Territory (1950 film)

Comanche Territory
Directed by	George Sherman
Produced by	Leonard Goldstein
Written by	Lewis Meltzer
Starring	Maureen O'Hara Macdonald Carey Will Geer
Music by	Frank Skinner
Cinematography	Maury Gertsman
Edited by	Frank Gross
Distributed by	Universal International (UI)
Release dates	May 1, 1950 (1950-05-01)
Running time	76 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Comanche Territory is a 1950 Technicolor Western directed by George Sherman, starring Maureen O'Hara and Macdonald Carey. Jim Bowie is sent into Comanche country by the government on a mission to draw up a treaty allowing the government to mine silver on the Indian's turf. Filming was done in and around the Oak Creek Canyon area of Arizona.

Plot synopsis

A 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 hold up the treaty and to negotiates 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 a 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

External links

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