The Comancheros (1961)

Second viewing; previously viewed between 1983 and 1986.

Paul kills a man in a duel and is subsequently charged for murder. He flees to another State but is captured by a man of the law. Both eventually team up to fight the titular gang who sells guns to fierce Native Americans.

Strange comedy in which the light tone contrasts in some parts (particularly the last one) with dramatic situations. The film is quite watchable and has an elegant plot structure, but leaves much to be desired in the aforementioned last part, which is when the two heroes are in the comancheros' hideout. Perhaps that part had the potential for a whole film's duration, as the complexity of the situation required more elaborate solutions than the ones which the film comes up with.

Rating: 54 (unchanged)