This western is a survival story as a cavalry sergeant leads six cavalry troopers and a few stagecoach travelers across barren desert flats and battle thirst, sand-storms and Comanches. The film is a carbon-copy of the 1943 film "Sahara" in a western setting with the soldiers fighting Indians with other western movie clichés thrown in. Barbara Hale, the cast's only femme, is solid in her support of star Broderick Crawford and is very much at home in the western genre. Her characterizations are always credible. There are some fine battle scenes but most of the film is bogged down with dialogue for character development. An Indian boy turns out to be a hero after nearly being abandoned in the desert by the soldiers. Color photography is good.
Review of Last of the Comanches
