The Comanche are raiding Mexican villages. The U.S. government has signed a treaty with the Mexican government by which the Comanche must be made to return to U.S. territory and stop their raids. An American emissary is assigned to meet with the Comanche chief and convince him to sign a treaty, but there is dissension amongst both White and Comanche.
B-Western with some long stretches of dialogue and a very conventional and predictable plot. Nestor Paiva does a very good Walter Brennan. The liberal-slanted plot portrays the Comanche in a favorable light, excepting a few bad apples amongst them. Their chief has enough good sense to admit they are better off making peace with the stronger White. Thus, the film's unstated assumption is that the pre-condition for a situation where diplomacy beats violence is a history of putting violence over diplomacy, without which Whites wouldn't be in a stronger position.
Rating: 32
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