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Comanche Station | 
| Director: Budd Boetticher
Actors: Randolph Scott, Nancy Gates, Claude Akins, Skip Homeier, Richard Rust
Studio: Sony Pictures
Buy Used: $21.95
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 15103
Format: Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 73 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6304092024
UPC: 043396822139
EAN: 9786304092026
ASIN: 6304092024
Theatrical Release Date: March 1960
Release Date: July 9, 1996
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Condition: Previously viewed VHS rental plays good! Comes in plastic case with cardboard/art cut to fit case. Both tape and case are in good condition with very little wear. Your satisfaction on this tape is a must, or your money back guaranteed.
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"Seems like we been over this before." This line from Comanche Station evokes not only an unspoken mutual history the two primary antagonists share, but also the fact that director Budd Boetticher and screenwriter Burt Kennedy's "Ranown cycle" of classic Westerns represents both the distillation of the Western genre and a droll running commentary upon it. In the six remarkable journey Westerns running from Seven Men from Now in 1956 through this 1960 gem, Randolph Scott is always the hero, a man of few words bearing a legacy of almost unendurable pain and loss. There is always a villain whom strength of character and the rules of the genre game demand that Scott eventually engage in mortal combat--despite the fact that the rascal has a lot of charm, intelligence, and sometimes even scruples to recommend him. There may or may not be Indians, but there will always be a menace lurking in the unrelievedly barren landscape through which the characters make their way, united only by expediency and constantly engaged in discussing the ethical quandary of knowing they're going to try to kill each other sooner or later. Comanche Station is the purest of the Ranown films (though Seven Men from Now and The Tall T remain the most exciting). Scott plays Jefferson Cody, a loner dedicated to riding the wasteland to ransom women captured by Indians--hoping against hope to recover his own wife, lost these many years. This time the rescued lady (Nancy Gates) has a reward on her, which genial bad man/good fellow Ben Lane (Claude Akins) would like to claim. And thereby hangs a wonderfully wry and tensile tale, expertly told by the reigning absurdist of the Old West. (It's worth noting that Comanche Station obviously was a big influence on Sam Peckinpah's Ride the High Country two years later, though Peckinpah denied it.) --Richard T. Jameson
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 The best for last January 23, 2000
Terry Messer (Gastonia, NC)
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
Randolph Scott rides into the sunset in a moving story of a man who searches for his wife who was captured by indians 10 years earlier. He saves another man's wife with no thought of repayment. He shows that he is a man of character and honor. He never quits or gives up. A must see film and should be considered a western classic.
New favorite western star March 13, 2000
Lou Cenname (Columbus, Ohio)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
After seeing this movie, it's not hard to understand why Scott is the quintessential cowboy. Everything is right in this movie. And even at sixty-two years of age, he looks great! This is one of those westerns you should consider when forming a video collection.
What Hollywood has Lost June 2, 2004
Rob (Texas)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
There was a time when Randolph Scott sat as tall in the saddle as John Wayne. It is most unfortunate that most of his work is not on DVD and some of his best (The Tall T) aren't even currently on VHS! Scott's westerns of the 50's decade revealed a versatile and talented actor, which is remarkable for a star who was instantly recognizable and reliable to play a hero of certain standards. One thing that is that is also remarkable about these films (and The Tall T immediately comes to mind) is they certainly didn't need a big budget. Instead, a good, suspenseful script, excellent cast, and dare I say, a redeeming morality made for an excellent and classic film.
After watching all kinds of Westerns: Spaghetti, modern revisionist, Hollywood 40's, 50's, 60's, & 70's, I sat down to watch a few Randolph Scott movies and was literally on the edge of my seat. And this was right after sitting through the over-the-top effects wizardry of Van Helsing! Mr. Scott's extraordinary but ordinary characters made me forget I was watching a movie and drew me into the story and issues as if they were happening to me.
Randolph Scott is virtually relegated to obscurity today compared to the major Western star he was many years ago. This is our loss. A boxed set or two of his great Westerns would be a small step in the right direction of returning him to his proper status in film history. More importantly, after watching just a few of his movies and the realistic honor portrayed by him, I am left with the distinct feeling that the world was a better place with Randy in the saddle, and his kind will not ride through again.
 One of the great Westerns. March 1, 2001
darragh o'donoghue (dublin, ireland)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
this astounding Western mixes a modernist treatment of space (look at the way Boetticher grids the West, through composition, editing and camerawork) with a story of mythological force - a man spends his life wandering deserts looking for his probably dead wife. The ironical sense of an imprisoning West creates a sense of the Hell to which Cody has been condemned. This enforced loneliness is not mere self-pitying - the old ideals of the West have been debased by genocide and greed; solitude is the only moral stand possible, and yet it cuts one off from family or community. Heartbreaking.
A moral tale with a twist ending June 20, 1999
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I was reading an article about overrated and underrated westerns in a magazine recently and the author cited this movie as one of the underrated westerns. I had not heard of it, but always liked Randolph Scott, so I decided to get the movie. I was not dissapointed.It has good action scenes, plus a good moral message as well. I also enjoyed the surprise ending, which caps of the movie very well. I recommend this movie highly.
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