IMDb plot summary: Twin brothers, half white and half Comanche, take different paths that overlap with Johnny Moon getting blamed for Notah's violent acts until the final confrontation in Rio Hondo.
Directed by José Briz Méndez. Starring William Shatner, Joseph Cotten, Rosanna Yanni, and Perla Cristal.
Well, this is... not good. Both the weirdest and the most racist of the 1968 westerns I've seen so far, with William Shatner playing twin half-Comanche-half-white brothers, one who decides to live as Comanche and one who decides to live as white, and guess which one is the good guy and which one is basically a violent cult leader? And yes, there is indeed at least one scene where someone equates choosing to embrace his Comanche side with being uncivilized and cruel, so it's pretty overt. Additionally, though, it's also just a BAD movie. It's hilariously awkward -- the dialogue between the Mayor and the Sheriff early on in the film made me laugh out loud at how terribly written it was -- and big plot twists are alluded to but never come about, and characters change their minds at the drop of a hat, and actors frequently stumble over their lines, and Evil William Shatner's expression as he watches violence is just so bizarre, and there's this whole big side plot about in-town rivalry that doesn't matter at ALL. I'd say it's so bad it's good, but the nasty racism makes it unenjoyable to watch for that either, so just, nah. There's not much for me to appreciate here.
How it entered my Flickchart:
White Comanche < De-Lovely
White Comanche < Empire of the Sun
White Comanche > Devil's Knot
White Comanche < Shalako
White Comanche < Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
White Comanche < The Hiding Place
White Comanche < The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
White Comanche > Joseph: King of Dreams
White Comanche < Jezebel
White Comanche < The Watcher in the Woods
White Comanche > No Reservations
Final spot: #2764 out of 3176.
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