Over the years, william shatner has become something of a phenomenon, and white comanche proves that the process started long ago. Half white, half comanche twin brothers johnny moon william shatner and notah also shatner have long been estranged, but things are even worse now that notah is a bloodthirsty outlaw, and. From gunslingin showdowns to barroom brawls, the classic western movies channel is filled with all of the midwestern movies from the golden era of hollywood. White comanche or comanche blanco or rio honcho is a 1968 paella western starring william shatner in two roles. Horsing around with william shatner the history reader a. With a population of 27,291 at the 2010 census, it is the largest city between midland to the west, abilene to the east, lubbock to the north, and san angelo to the south.
Her remarkable beauty and her tragic untimely death make her story the stuff of legend. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that youve provided to them or that theyve collected from your use of their services. Dana andrews stars as a frontier scout who hopes to shield his native american friends from the genocidal. Twin brothers, half white and half comanche, take different paths that overlap with. White comanche manufactured on demand on movies unlimited.
By 1969 they were hardly making any kind of westerns at all. William shatner as notah, working during a break after the first season of star trek on nbc, is not only white but also the only shirtless comanche raiding a stagecoach carrying rosanna yanni as kelly in the spanishmade italianfinanced spaghetti western white comanche, 1968. Having survived a barfight, johnny moon william shatner takes fire from the showgirl rosanna yanni recently raped by his halfbrother, then is rescued by sheriff logan joseph cotten in white comanche. White comanche comanche blanco 1968 spaghetti western.
The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, exciting, semi serious, suspenseful and melancholic films and tv shows about with bareback riding, horse, rider horse relationship, girl horse relationship, adventure, heroes, escapades, father daughter relationship, danger and horse. He played guy callaway in for a few dollars more 1965, and thomas shorty larson in the good, the bad and the ugly 1966. Comanche blanco or white comanche is a spanish film made in 1968 that stars william shatner in the role of two brothers that are half white and half comanche. The spaghetti western collection, made primarily in italy and spain during the 1960s, features classic western films in this 5disc dvd set. The unfinished business project with this excellent budd boetticherrandolph scott film. The kotsoteka assassinated him and scattered his followers.
He is all but a knight of the old west, if you will doing good with no real ulterior motive, maybe a. After two meetings at pecos and another in a comanche camp early in 1786. In 1875, near durango, mexico, a group of renegade comanche attack a peaceful village and kidnap the daughter of a spanish aristocrat. I think, though, that this episode was not only never aired, it wasnt completed. A white texas woman, cybthia anne parker, became the mother of quanah parker, one of the more powerful chiefs on comanche history, after she was captured and chose to stay. Addicted to peyote, notah believes himself destined to lead the comanche to victory over the whites. The film was reportedly destroyed by the producers before completion, after the drug arrest of the lead actress. Comanche is a 1956 western film directed by george sherman and starring dana andrews. White comanche is a wouldbe cult item, albeit one with a weak.
This film is listed among the 100 most enjoyably bad movies ever made in. The trajectory parameters used in this flight plan are for july 16, 1969 launch, with a 72 launch azimuth and were supplied by mission planning and analysis division as defined by the apollo mission g spacecraft operational trajectory. Situated on several highways, most notably interstate 44, u. White comanche is a wouldbe cult item, albeit one with a weak pulse, since the shatner character who gets the most screen time, isnt endowed with much personality. Jan 27, 2015 joseph cotten citizen kane costars and, yes, you can add him to the eurowestern list for this film and 1967s hellbenders. Johnny moon, estranged from his brother, decides to stop notah either by words or by bullets. Half white, half comanche twin brothers johnny moon and notah have long been estranged, but things are even worse now that notah is a bloodthirsty outlaw, and people mistake johnny for him. White comanche 1968 movie clip take your hands off me.
Highway 62 and state highway 7, lawton is eightyseven miles southwest of oklahoma city and is the largest community. William shatner as johnny moon informs perla cristal as white fawn that hell wait for his evil twin notah in the quasispaghetti western white comanche, 1968 view the tcmdb entry for white comanche 1968. Subscribe now, more videos comin right up, sherrif. If no channel is shown there may be no upcoming episodes of movie. In comanche station randolph scott is the stoic voice of reason, the moral center of it all. White comanche comanche blanco, 1968, western movie. White comanche manufactured on demand, mono sound on tcm shop. This series embraces the lawlessness of the frontier, with cruel and ruthless cowboys who are likely to fight more for money or a personal vendetta than a noble cause. White comanche 1968 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It was filmed in the eastern sierra area of central california near lone pine, california, not far from the foot of mount whitney. The white commanche is actually identical twin brothers played by william shatner, one a ruthless peyote ingesting warrior chief who leads his followers into believing there will be a revival of. Jefferson cody has for many years been looking for his wife who was kidnapped by. White comanche comanche blanco 1968 jose briz mendez, joseph cotten, william shatner, rosanna yanni, drama, western february 2, 2016 william shatner plays two roles. In 1969 visconti commissioned a script by suso cecchi damico.
Lawton, the county seat of comanche county, lies approximately in the center of the county. Joseph cotten citizen kane costars and, yes, you can add him to the eurowestern list for this film and 1967s hellbenders. Among the new mexico comanche, the main opposition to peace was a parabio named white bull toro blanco. A man who has lost everything joins others paid to convey a wealthy mans wife and a mysterious treasure to safety in san francisco. I had not seen any of these movies before, but purchased the set for the variety of stellar international actors who appear here which includes piero lulli, rosalba neri, gilbert roland, chen lee, erika blanc, and klaus kinski, in addition to many great american. Notah likes peyote and gets the crazy idea that hes the comanche messiah sent to lead the comanche nation against the white man but more specifically the dusty desert town of rio hondo. The town is directly south of the historic fort sill military reservation. The list contains the best, new and most relevant spur movies ordered by relevance. Big spring is a city in and the county seat of howard county, texas, united states, at the crossroads of u. We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. William shatner of star trek fame, plays in an unusual western genre and also a oneoff part for him in that he plays both roles as the twin brothers in this allaction western in which the twin sons of an indian mother and white settler fight amongst themselves as they follow different paths. Why lone rangers johnny depp joined the comanche nation. The stereotyping of north american indians in motion pictures jstor. Released theatrically in mexico in 1969 and on tv in america in 1971 and directed by earl bellamy, the desperate mission is an american western released to tv starring ricardo montalban as joaquin murrieta, the reallife mexican robin hood.
The film centered on a family of white russians exiled to china after the revolution. One leans one way, the other goes to the other side. Here, the largerthanlife slice of canadian bacon, on hiatus from star trek, plays a dual role. Red lips the case of the two beauties sadist erotica. The comanche posed a very real threat to the early united states. White comanche 1968 is a paella western frequently mislabeled as a spaghetti western, even by william shatner himself in his autobiography up to now long favored by bad cinema aficionados who appreciate the finer points of a classic good shatner versus evil shatner story. Soledad miranda was a spanish actress who appeared in many films in the 1960s. With joseph cotten, william shatner, rosanna yanni, perla cristal. White comanche or comanche blanco or rio honcho is a 1968 paella western starring william shatner in two roles the film is listed in golden raspberry award founder john wilsons book the official razzie movie guide as one of the 100 most enjoyably bad movies ever made. Built in 1909, the imposing fourstory school building was enlarged in 1922 and 1939. A meeting of the kotsoteka, jupe, and yamparika gave the power to make peace to ecueracapa leather cape. With dana andrews, kent smith, nestor paiva, henry brandon. The film stars johnny depp as tonto a character who during his 1950s tv run spoke in broken english and lacked dimension.
White comanche manufactured on demand, mono sound on tcm. She made her film debut at age sixteen as a dancer. Moon, estranged from his brother, decides to stop notah either by words or by bullets. Were the comanche anything like they are portrayed by larry. White comanche western movie, full length, english full western. Oct 17, 2008 twin brothers battle with each other and their identity crises. Shot in spain in the mode of the spaghetti westerns that were in vogue at the time, the film would likely be. Another historically significant school in lawton is the original lawton high school nr 97000197. The film was the last of boettichers late 1950s ranown cycle. In short, white comanche is the kind of movie that is so bizarre and confusing that everything you think you know about it is probably wrong. White comanche comanche blanco 1968 jose briz mendez. Yet none of his acting stunts can top white comanche 1967 for sheer weirdness.
She started her career when only eight years old as a flamenco dancer and singer. The apollo 11 flight plan is under the configuration control of the crew procedures control board cpcb. Why the lone rangers johnny depp joined the comanche nation. The list contains the best, new and most relevant bareback riding movies ordered by relevance. This is a list of american films released in 1968 oliver. Apart from being quick on the draw and good with his fists, which saves his skin whenever hes mistaken for his.
The movie story was told by white american producers and directors to a. Jeff moon, a cowboy type who wears denim, boots, a stetson, and a captain kirk haircut. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, cult film, suspenseful, exciting and tense films and tv shows about with spur, gunfight, horse, cowboy hat, violence, cowboy boots, cowboy, cowboy shirt, pistol and rivalry plots mostly in western, drama and action genres shot in usa, italy, norway. White comanche 1968 a white dad and comanche mom have twin sons and the two lead very. Full western movies, full length cowboy film, white comanche aka rio. War party 1989 a tale of reenactment based on a battle between blackfeet native americans and the us cavalry. While im still not 100% sure that white comanche is a star trek movie, its hard. For instance, most sources claim that notahjohnny had a comanche warrior father and a white mother, but when johnny turns into captain exposition and explains his shocking and. The film is listed in golden raspberry award founder john wilson s book the official razzie movie guide as one of the 100 most enjoyably bad movies ever made. This movie is silent, but still very compelling even in modern times. Representantes do mexico exigem do governo americano providencias contra os comanches. A curio in every sense of the word, white comanche is a wouldbe cult item, albeit one with a weak pulse, since the shatner character who gets the most screen timecowboy johnny moonisnt endowed with much personality. Having survived a bar fight, halfbreed johnny moon william shatner takes fire from the showgirl rosanna yanni recently raped by his indian twinbrother, then is rescued by sheriff logan joseph cotten in the italianspanish spaghetti western white comanche, 1968.
White comanche 1968 twin brothers, half white and half comanche, take different paths that overlap with johnny moon getting blamed for notahs violent acts until the final confrontation in rio hondo. More iconic scenery in the 7th film in my a movie a day. Not rated 1h 37min action, adventure, drama tv movie 20 november 1969. Lawton the encyclopedia of oklahoma history and culture. For a while, it seemed there was some irresistible gravitational pull. White comanche on australian free to air tv in your area in the next 7 days or you may have disabled the corresponding channel in your icetv account. White comanche 1967 half white, half comanche twin brothers johnny moon william shatner and notah also shatner have long been estranged, but things are even worse now that notah is a. Comanche blanco william shatner white comanche 1968. The life and times of quanah parker by bill neeley is a detailed and interesting insight into not only the comanche and native american cultures, but the transition of the native americans into a white culture during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Comanche station is a 1960 american cinemascope eastman color western film directed by budd boetticher and starring randolph scott. Many of the basic film stereotypes of indians were formed in the period of silent movies. Released in 1968, white comanche is a spanish western no spaghetti starring william shatner in a dual role as twin halfbreed brothers, one who assimilates with the european settlers while the other stirs up comanche hostilities.
White commanche 1968 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. To set recordings for the show when it airs click the schedule new recording link above. Twin brothers, half white and half comanche, take different paths that overlap with johnny moon getting blamed for notahs violent acts until the final confrontation in rio hondo. The former, johnny moon, holds up in a town waiting for a showdown with the latter, notah. Frankel fell in love with the searchers in the fall of 1969, watching it in a film class at columbia taught by. Subscribe today for more clips, tv theme songs, and other treats. In 1957, with the completion of a new high school, the historic building became and has remained central junior high. Warrior spirit 1994 two adventurers seek out a golden treasure. Joseph cotten citizen kane costars and, yes, you can add him to the eurowestern list for this film and 1967s. Its too bad he didnt make more of them because he never really developed an identity as a western actor, abruptly leaving the industry after this film s completion in 1965. You have to be in a certain mood to watch a movie like white comanche, but thats why youre reading this, right. Today, white comanche is celebrated, hooted at and enjoyed for what it is shatner vs.
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