Comanche
Mar 01 1956
•1h 27m
•Western
Common efforts of the U.S. government and the Comanche nation to negotiate a peace treaty are sabotaged by renegade Indians and by the short-sighted Indian Commissioner.
Cast
See allDana Andrews
Jim Read
Kent Smith
Quanah Parker
Nestor Paiva
Puffer
Henry Brandon
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