This was one of the last Western films that Randolph Scott ever made in his long career in the genre. He'd made some pretty good ones, and some that weren't as compelling. But "Comanche Station" is quite a compelling 60s Western film that takes together all the elements you want to see: gunfights, Indian attacks, villains, and a dispute over money, a very valuable thing in the Old West. Like in many Westerns, the villains tend to decide that some cash is more important than the life of another person. It's all been done before and was done after "Comanche Station", but here, it works out excellently.
Aside from Randolph Scott, the film stars Nancy Gates in her last screen performance before she retired from acting to spend more time with her family. Here, she portrayed the traditional woman's role in a Western: a damsel in a distress who is caught up in something she would rather not be involved with. Claude Akins plays the villain, who for a while, doesn't seem very much like a villain, but more like a likable character who just likes to laugh and even has a few good deeds up his sleeves. Yet, his good side isn't overpowering the other side that makes it okay for his fate to unravel as it always does to villains in Westerns.
"Comanche Station" is short, which is appropriate seeing as how it's not developed or characterized enough to keep the audience interested for any longer. It was meant to be a short, fun Western and it does just that. To summarize it all up quickly, I'll just say I was satisfied with it and wouldn't mind watching it again. Recommended to any Western fan.
Aside from Randolph Scott, the film stars Nancy Gates in her last screen performance before she retired from acting to spend more time with her family. Here, she portrayed the traditional woman's role in a Western: a damsel in a distress who is caught up in something she would rather not be involved with. Claude Akins plays the villain, who for a while, doesn't seem very much like a villain, but more like a likable character who just likes to laugh and even has a few good deeds up his sleeves. Yet, his good side isn't overpowering the other side that makes it okay for his fate to unravel as it always does to villains in Westerns.
"Comanche Station" is short, which is appropriate seeing as how it's not developed or characterized enough to keep the audience interested for any longer. It was meant to be a short, fun Western and it does just that. To summarize it all up quickly, I'll just say I was satisfied with it and wouldn't mind watching it again. Recommended to any Western fan.