White comanche western movie, full length, english full western. Around the world in 80 days won the academy award for best picture. Cutter, posing as gunrunner ed mcbain complete with foppish grey top hat rendezvouses with crow and cuts a. One is a generic cowboy, the other is the titular white comanche, a deranged psychopath whose brain has been ravaged by peyote. You have to be in a certain mood to watch a movie like white comanche, but thats why youre reading this, right. The story of the famous war horse comanche cowgirl.
Dialogue and music are clear but not especially dynamic, and the almost complete lack of low end doesnt give the action a great deal of punch. Twin sons of a white man and an indian engage in a struggle, brother against brother. Full western movies, full length cowboy film, white comanche aka rio. Filming was done in and around the oak creek canyon area of arizona. Tonka comanche is given a medal for being the only survivor on the armys side and white bull is put in charge of tonka. Walt disneys tonka was released on december 25th, 1958. Comanche is a 1956 western film directed by george sherman and starring dana andrews. White comanche 1968 is a paella western frequently mislabeled as a spaghetti western, even by william shatner himself in his autobiography up to now long favored by bad cinema aficionados who appreciate the finer points of a classic good shatner versus evil shatner story.
Interviews with b science fiction and horror movie makers. Notah likes peyote and gets the crazy idea that hes the comanche messiah sent to lead the comanche nation against the white man but more specifically the dusty desert town of rio hondo. See more ideas about native american, american history, native american indians. In this film, the twin sons of a white man and an indian woman must struggle to overcome both. Clark, a former methodist missionary to the comanches. For those of you who cant sit through this whole cheesy movie. Kirk, the interplanetary commander of the enterprise on the tv series star trek, and the several feature films it later inspired.
White parker 1887 1956 was a son of mahcheetawookey and quanah parker, chief of the comanches. From hell to texas western movie in full length, cowboy film free full westerns duration. Comanche station 1960 cast and crew when solitary cowboy jefferson cody randolph scott hears tales of a white woman living as a captive of the comanche tribe, he rides deep into the tribes. The american indian as participant in the civil war, also available in digital form on the library of congress web site. May 20, 2011 the rise and fall of the comanche empire quanah parker, considered the greatest comanche chief, was the son of cynthia ann parker, a white pioneer woman kidnapped by a raiding party when she was. White eagle the encyclopedia of oklahoma history and culture. Whitepages provides the top free people search and tenant screening tool online with contact information for over 250 million people including cell phone numbers and complete background check data compiled from public records, white pages and other directories in all 50 states. Quanah parker and the rise and fall of the comanches, the most powerful indian tribe in american history paperback illustrated, may 10, 2011. White comanche or comanche blanco or rio honcho is a 1968 paella western starring william shatner in two roles. Aug 18, 20 the truth johnny depp wants to hide about the reallife tontos.
Cotten achieved prominence on broadway, starring in the original stage productions of the philadelphia story and sabrina fair. Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate. Clint eastwood, james coburn, henry fonda, jack palance, woody strode fans can compile a long list of wellknown stars who rode the spaghetti western plains. The comanche on the warpath this 1873 new york times article details brutality against white settlers on the texas frontier at the hands of the comanche. Shot in spain in the mode of the spaghetti westerns that were in vogue at the time, the film would likely be. Comanche blanco william shatner white comanche 1968.
White comanche opens with a drifter named johnny moon the good shatner barely escaping a lynching and then rescuing another unfortunate soul from a similar fate. Mar 27, 2015 as for cottens costar in white comanche, william shatner, he didnt do westerns at all. Theres really only one moment in the comancheros when cutter loses his temper, and thats in his confrontation with comanchero tully crow. Buy white comanche from zavvi, the home of pop culture. 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 indians turf. Johnson a thesis submitted to the faculty of the graduate college in partial fulfillment of the degree of master of arts western michigan university kalamazoo, michigan december 1977 reproduced with permission of the owner. William shatner plays a pair of half whitehalf comanche twin brothers, hell bent on settling a lifelong feud. The original series, entitled the enemy within, in which a transporter malfunction split him into two peoplethe good kirk and the evil kirk. He spends much of the movie shirtless and i could not get. As lousy as white comanche was, at least that sounded like some jazz on a western, but it actually wouldnt surprise me too much to find that the people responsible for the music on that turkey, were the same ones here. Twin brothers, half white and half comanche, take different. With broderick crawford, barbara hale, johnny stewart, lloyd bridges. White comanche is a wouldbe cult item, albeit one with a weak pulse, since the shatner character who gets the most screen time, isnt endowed with much personality.
Full western movies, full length cowboy film, white comanche aka rio hondo 1968 aka comanche blanco original title, rated 18, runtime 1h 33min, western. Jun 24, 2008 the musical score for an early silent film with comanche actors is at the center of a tangled legal dispute involving possible threats, theft, libel, charges about oklahoma historical society president robert blackburns contempt for the comanche community, notorious white supremacist david yeagleys disputed claim of being comanche, and a. Comanche indians essays examples filter results by. Notah likes peyote and gets the crazy idea that hes the comanche messiah sent.
Notah and johnny moon, twin brothers of an indian mother and white father, look alike physically to the point that johnny is often blamed for criminal activities and atrocities performed by notah the white comanche. Comanche blanco streaming ita 1968 film completo guarda. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. One thing they teach white kids is that the poor indians had their land stolen and they were just a bunch of sad indians that got ripped off. The film is listed in golden raspberry award founder john wilson s book the official razzie movie guide as one of the 100 most enjoyably bad movies ever made. Fhl film number post1885 census m595 roll number fhl film number comanche anadarko area office, 1881 1962 fort worth rolls 21123 comanche upper platte agency,184655 washington d. Rolls 88996 rolls 21123 comanche upper arkansas agency, 185564 washington d. Comanche territory is a 1950 american technicolor western film directed by george sherman starring maureen ohara and macdonald carey. Johnny moon, estranged from his brother, decides to stop notah either by words or by bullets.
The daughter of dawn had disappeared shortly after it was made and was thought to be lost. Most people on the planet earth know canadian actor william shatner born in montreal as captain james t. In this film, the twin sons of a white man and an indian woman must struggle to overcome both their sibling rivalry and their conflicting identities. White comanche or comanche blanco or rio honcho is a 1968 paella western starring william shatner in two roles the film is listed in golden raspberry award founder john wilsons book the official razzie movie guide as one of the 100 most enjoyably bad movies ever made. In 1875, near durango, mexico, a group of renegade comanche attack a peaceful village and kidnap the daughter of a spanish aristocrat. Between the occasional cases of mistaken identity, johnnys unlikely seduction of kelly, the attempted murder of our hero by a bounty hunter, a few head shots, and perhaps the most accurate knife throw in film history, white comanche is a catandmouse game between two opposite sides of the same coin. Oct 17, 2008 twin brothers battle with each other and their identity crises. How comanche indians butchered babies, roasted enemies alive and would ride 1,000 miles to wipe out one family. Meanwhile, a stagecoach is attacked by notah the bad shatner and his braves who promptly kill all the passengers except for kelly, a saloon hostess, who is subsequently chased down.
Comanche is one of several 1950s westerns sympathetic to the indian point of view. We provide answers to over 2 million searches every day, helping 35 million users. Synopsis notah likes peyote and gets the crazy idea that hes the comanche messiah sent to lead the comanche nation against the white man but more specifically the dusty desert town of rio hondo. These will be very similar to factory though i wont say identical.
As racial tension builds between white settlers and comanche tribes, andrews does his best to calm the violent attacks by smith and his tomahawkwielding warriors, who are feeling pressure from. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. But in 2004 a 35mm nitrate copy surfaced in private hands and is now preserved at the oklahoma. Moon, estranged from his brother, decides to stop notah either by words or by bullets. The atrocities listed in this article make it clear that white settlers of the day would have reason to fear a raid carried out by the dangerous tribe. The film is listed in golden raspberry award founder john wilsons book the official. White comanche is a wouldbe cult item, albeit one with a weak pulse, since the. I found out the music scores werent from the same guy that did white comanche, but by a guy called juan garcia esquivel. White comanche comanche blanco, 1968, western movie. Critics loved it, praising the excellent writing and performances as well as the lush shooting locations. Comanche blanco or white comanche is a spanish film made in 1968 that stars william shatner in the role of two brothers that are half white and half comanche. Released in 1968, white comanche is a spanish western no spaghetti starring william shatner in a dual role as twin halfbreed brothers, one who assimilates with the european settlers while the other stirs up comanche hostilities. Understandably one of the worst films of the eurowestern genre. Cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification.
Jul 31, 2018 white comanche or comanche blanco or rio honcho is a 1968 paella western starring william shatner in two roles. White comanche western movie, full length, english full western movies duration. Halfwhite, halfcomanche twin brothers johnny moon william shatner and notah also shatner have long been estranged, but things are even worse now that notah is a bloodthirsty outlaw, and. Harry potter complete 8film collection dvd 2011, 8. White comanche comanche blanco, 1968, western movie, english. With joseph cotten, william shatner, rosanna yanni, perla cristal. White commanche 1968 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Full online access to this resource is only available at the library of congress. White comanche manufactured on demand on movies unlimited. Shot in spain in the mode of the spaghetti westerns that were in vogue at the time, the film would likely be forgotten today were it not the one where shatner plays half breed twin brothers, one of whom tries to live peaceably alongside the white man, while the other embraces his comanche roots and goes. Take advantage of great prices on bluray, 4k, merchandise, games, clothing and more. White eagle was the hereditary chief of the ponca indians. The top layer of film is textured just like the factory one and the design is on the back side of that film. See more ideas about comanche indians, native american indians and native american history.
White comanche 1968 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The truth johnny depp wants to hide about the reallife tontos. One leans one way, the other goes to the other side. The film has a theme song a man is as good as his word sung by the lancers. With wilford brimley, kris kristofferson, gerald mcraney, buck taylor. Original models were vector traced and scanned to be as true to the original as possible. The daughter of dawn the encyclopedia of oklahoma history. Ok, he was in a few episodes of kung fu, barbary coast and the like, but white comanche and the outrage were the only bigscreen westerns he did and the former was a junk european ripoff and the latter was more an overwrought filmed japanese play than a western movie. One of the actors was white parker, son of comanche chief quanah parker. With dana andrews, kent smith, nestor paiva, henry brandon. Twin brothers, half white and half comanche, take different paths that overlap with johnny moon getting blamed for notahs violent acts until the final confrontation in rio hondo. The audio is presented in its original dolby digital mono format and defaults to a twochannel spread, but this is very much a thin presentation that reflects the era in which white comanche was made. Rolls 87882 rolls 21123 comanche kiowa agency,186480.
For a while, it seemed there was some irresistible gravitational pull. Joseph cotten citizen kane costars and, yes, you can add him to the eurowestern list for this film and 1967s hellbenders. The horse known as comanche, being the only living representative of the bloody tragedy of the little bighorn, june 25th, 1876, his kind treatment and comfort shall be a matter of special pride and solicitude on the part of every member of the seventh cavalry to the. White comanche western movie, full length, english full. The comancheros trailer 1 texas ranger wayne enlists the aid of gambler whitman in the apprehension of a group of sleazy white outlaws, led by persoff, who help the comanche run guns and whiskey. White comanche manufactured on demand, mono sound on. White comanche 1968 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors. White comanche 1968 twin brothers, half white and half comanche, take different paths that overlap with johnny moon getting blamed for notahs violent acts until the final confrontation in rio hondo. Created published between 1891 and 1898 subject headings. The film s entire cast was comprised of american indians, mostly kiowa and comanche. It was directed by jose briz mendez under the disguise of gilbert lee kay and it starred joseph cotton and startreks william shatner in a double role as twin brothers notah and johnny moon who were born of an indian mother and white father, look alike. Tired of this situation johnny notah decides to confront his brother which can only be solved in a duel to the death. The film is listed in golden raspberry award founder john wilsons book the. Every effort has been made to reproduce the logos and text according to factory.
The remnants of a massacred cavalry troop and ragtag group of stagecoach passengers fight for survival against fierce comanches at a desert ruin. White comanche, full movie on youtube white comanche on imdb white comanche at rotten tomatoes. White comanche comanche blanco, 1968, western movie, english watch free movies in full lenght duration. Comanche white pages phone books in texas tx whitepages. May 15, 1905 february 6, 1994 was an american film, stage, radio and television actor. In 1879, when standing bear and other poncas returned to their nebraska homeland to bury standing bears deceased son, white eagle led the ponca who remained in indian territory on their assigned reservation. Having survived a bar fight, halfbreed johnny moon william shatner takes fire from the showgirl rosanna yanni recently raped by his indian twinbrother, then is rescued by sheriff logan joseph cotten in the italianspanish spaghetti western white comanche, 1968. Film 831 watch a movie about brothers william shatner plays a pair of half whitehalf comanche twin brothers, hell bent on settling a lifelong feud.
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