Budd Boetticher

Comanche Station

Comanche Station

The last collaboration between Budd Boetticher and Randolph Scott brings the Ranown westerns full circle, reexamining many of the films’ key themes and tropes: greed, loyalty, hidden motivations, and the fine moral line that separates heroes from villains. Scott stars as the enigmatic Jefferson Cody, who rescues a woman kidnapped by Comanches for reasons that may have nothing to do with the bounty offered for her return. But before he can bring her to safety, he’ll have to contend with the dangers of the Comanche warpath and a trio of bounty hunters who have designs on the reward.

Film Info

  • United States
  • 1960
  • 73 minutes
  • Color
  • 2.35:1
  • English

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The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher

The Ranown Westerns

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$119.96

Comanche Station
Cast
Randolph Scott
Jefferson Cody
Nancy Gates
Nancy Lowe
Claude Akins
Ben Lane
Skip Homeier
Frank
Richard Rust
Dobie
Credits
Director
Budd Boetticher
Produced by
Budd Boetticher
Written by
Burt Kennedy
Director of photography
Charles Lawton Jr.
Art director
Carl Anderson
Film editor
Edwin Bryant
Set decorator
Frank A. Tuttle
Assistant director
Sam Nelson
Recording supervisor
John Livadary
Sound
George Cooper
Music conducted by
Mischa Bakaleinikoff

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