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Comanche Territory (1950 film)

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'Comanche Territory ' is a 1950 American Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Maureen O'Hara and Macdonald Carey. Jim Bowie is sent into Comanche country on a mission to allow the government to mine silver on the Indian's turf.

Plot



An Indian 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 negotiate 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 another Indian 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

Production



In March 1949 Universal announced they would make a biopic of Jim Bowie produced by Leonard Goldstein, most likely to star Scott Brady as Bowie.M'CREA GETS LEAD IN METRO PICTURE: To Play Clergyman in 'Stars in My Crown,' Based on Novel -- Fitts Doing Scenario

By THOMAS F. BRADY New York Times 22 Mar 1949: 31.
The film was originally called 'The Bowie Knife'. It was O'Hara's second film for Universal, following 'Bagdad' (1949),McNally on Loan Will Star in 'No Way Out'; O'Brien Does Bostonian

Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 13 Oct 1949: B11.
and co-star Macdonald Carey's second film on loan from Paramount, following 'South Sea Sinner' (1950).Ecuador Head-Hunter Film Beats Disaster; Hodiak Due in England

Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times11 Aug 1949: 23.


Location work was done at Kanab, UtahJesse Lasky Jr. Plans Production in Europe; Bromfield Gets New Deal

Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 12 Aug 1949: A7
but location shooting took place in and around the Oak Creek Canyon area of Arizona. Filming was postponed a week in August 1949 so that O'Hara could recover from laryngitis.MARSHALL TO STAR IN PICTURE FOR UA: Actor Is Returning to Screen in 'The Whip,' With Gale Storm and Dan Duryea

By THOMAS F. BRADY Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.9 Aug 1949: 20.


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