Die Comancheros (1961)

Die Comancheros: Directed by Michael Curtiz, John Wayne. With John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Nehemiah Persoff. Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves dealing with the Comanches known as Comancheros.

“Never a huge fan of John Wayne, I watched this because I knew it was the last film by Michael Curtiz (he died soon after filming was completed). I thought it would be an average diversion.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI was pleasantly surprised. This movie is a lot of fun, as long as you do not try to make sense of it, and do not take it seriously.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBeautiful landscapes, a great score by Elmer Bernstein, a terrific, performance by Wayne (who looks like heu0026#39;s having the time of his life surrounded by his real-life children on the set) and a show stealing role by Lee Marvin, who looks as though he has a bunch of u0026quot;Silly Puttyu0026quot; sitting on top of his head (not the best make-up job, guys).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIu0026#39;m so glad I invested the time to watch this. You will be too.”