William Shatner Movie:

Editorial Review:
White Comanche: Half-breed brothers battle themselves and the bad guys to a rugged climax!

White Comanche Reviews:
Has what it takes to be Camp Classic
2008-12-26 - MST 3000 and Ed Wood revivals prove there is a market for astoundingly bad movies, and that is where this one should be categorized. Comparing it with Shatner's "pro" work, or with real westerns, misses the point. It apparently was a throw-away, purely for the foreign market (note the excessive violence). What does it offer the howler devotee? Let's try to list it: 1) Awesome script. (The sheriff had better not interfere while I fight with myself.) 2) Leering, clownish supporting cast. 3) Horseback riding to mood music from a Vegas floor-show band. 4) A couple of pompous Omega-Glory style speeches delievered by Shatner standing on a mountain, with Sun records tape echo. 5) Outdoors dialog all dubbed in from sessions taped in a small, hard-paneled room. Some Spanish actors apparently redubbed from American stand-ins. 6) Shatner's Texas accent vacillates between Sacramento and Belfast Ireland. 7) Bar-fight destroys all the furniture, then the lawman orders the surviver, "sit down!" 8) Horses continually skittish, veering to one side while trying to walk forward, you would swear they are embarrassed to be filmed. 9) Horse rides into the middle of the frame and disappears, turns out he walked behind a large mirror sitting in front of the old hotel, attempt at Hitchcock cinematography? 10) Shatner, all posing and dramatic pauses, on screen for the whole blasted thing - Friends, our family hasn't laughed so hard since we saw Airplane for the first time. Get out your credit card right now; you won't be disappointed.

Yikes!..Shatner In A Dual Role
2005-03-18 - "White Comanche"...1967/Color. Oy Vey...This was bad. Even a die hard oater lover like me had a hard time with this one. I thought with Joseph Cotton and William Shatner, I would find some redeeming value, but alas I did not.
Twin brothers who are half white and half Comanche(both played by Shatner, and I forgive him for this), have conflicts between them and with their identities as well. Probably worth the view for a few good laughs..

If you love these old oaters, you should check out the Great American Western series put out by Platinum Disc. There are about 25 volumes of the series, with four flicks on each disc. They may be purchased individually or in sets of anywhere from 2 to 10 discs. "White Comanche" may be found on Volume 20 of "The Great American Western Series", (also included in Vol 2 of the 10 pack set). Volume 20(asin - B00009MEI6) also includes, a fun look at an old Roy Rogers flick, "The Bells of San Angelo" and a great documentary about the John Ford Western, starring "Pappy" himself, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda. Don't expect anything like a big studio transfer, or the attention that is paid to the classics on these sets(although some look pretty good). The do show their age with some scratches, "White Comanche" looks completly faded out, and there are even times in the films when the voices don't match the lips. They all have pretty decent sound though and are all enhanced In DD 5.1. They are priced right, and is a better way to go than buying all these old westerns separately.

Happy Trails....Laurie


William Shatner as a Comanche?
2005-01-15 - Have you ever wanted to see Star Trek star William Shatner as an Indian? If so, this is the movie for you. Shatner plays Johnny and Notah Moon, two half-breed twin brothers; their father was white, their mother a Comanche. Johnny is your average two-bit gunman while Notah is the leader of a group of renegade Comanches who have left their reservation. After years of fighting, the brothers decide to meet in Rio Hondo, a small Texas town ravaged by two rich landowners. They know that when they do meet, one of them will die. This movie was made on a small budget, which is quite obvious, and made during the peak of Star Trek's popularity. If you're a fan of the show or Shatner I recommend this movie, but at certain points, it is unintentionally bad.

William Shatner's performance as Johnny is pretty decent, but his role as the peyote-smoking, murderous Notah is laughable. To look and sound like an Indian, Shatner speaks in a slow gruff voice and wears a headband and war paint. Joseph Cotten plays Logan, the sheriff of Rio Hondo who tries to keep his town as peaceful as possible. White Comanche also stars Rosanna Yanni as Kelly, the saloon girl, Perla Cristal as White Fawn, Notah's squaw, Vida Molina and Luis Prendes as Garcia and Grimes, the two warring landowners. The copy of the movie I saw was pretty brutal, washed out colors, horrible tracking, so beware when buying this movie. For a western with dual roles by William Shatner, check out White Comanche!