Comanche Territory (1950)

Silver has been found on comanche territory and the government accomplished a peaceful agreement with the indians. When James 'Jim' Bowie comes into the scene he finds the white settlers living near by planning to attack the indians although they know about that agreement and the beautiful Katie seems to play a leading role in this intrigue.

Director: George Sherman
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Macdonald Carey, Will Geer, Charles Drake, Pedro de Cordoba, Ian MacDonald, Rick Vallin, Parley Baer, James Best, Edmund Cobb, Glenn Strange, Stanley Blystone, Chet Brandenburg, Johnny Carpenter, John L. Cason, Iron Eyes Cody, Victor Cox, William Fawcett, Terry Frost, Chick Hannon, Harry Harvey, I. Stanford Jolley, Charles McQuarrie, Jack Perry, Bob Robinson, Phil Schumacher, Cap Somers, Tom Steele, Ken Terrell, Jack Tornek

Frontiersman James Bowie arrives in the Mexican-controlled territory of Texas in the 1820s, where he is saved by Dan'l Seeger, an ex-Congressman, from a group of attacking Comanche Indians. Dan is shot during the rescue, and after Jim removes the bullet from his shoulder, the two are captured by the Comanches and taken back to their village. They are saved from execution by the arrival of Quisima, the elderly chief of the tribe, who is impressed by both Jim's manner of speech and his knife. Jim teaches the Comanches how to make the famous Bowie knife and, in return Quisima agrees to allow the United States to mine for silver on Comanche land after the tribe renews its treaty with the government. Upon leaving the Indian village, however, Dan confesses that he was sent from Washington, D.C. to ratify the treaty in question, but it was stolen from him. The two then travel to Crooked Tongue, where Jim hopes to discover the culprits by pretending to be a silver buyer. Upon arriving in town, Jim immediately runs afoul of Katie Howard, owner of both the local bank and saloon. Dan recognizes Katie's perfume as the scent of the person who shot him and openly demands that she return the stolen treaty, which leads to a barroom brawl. Katie is then ordered by her brother Stacey to romance Jim, as he hopes the wealthy frontiersman will buy their silver in the future. Later, Jim and Katie are forced to go to the Comanche village and meet with Quisima. The chief's son Pakaneh accuses "the white man" of breaking his treaty. When Jim pledges his word that the new treaty is on its way, he is forced to fight Pakaneh to prove his sincerity. Katie then confesses to stealing the treaty to help the settlers, but Jim convinces her that the treaty will bring both peace and prosperity to the area, so she agrees to return it. Although Stacey lies to her that he has destroyed the treaty, Katie throws a big party to convince the settlers to accept the treaty's terms. Later, Stacey takes the treaty to Quisima, having augmented it with a provision that insists that the Indians turn over their guns. The old chief agrees, not knowing that Stacey and his men plan to kill the disarmed Comanches, then begin silver mining on their land. Learning of Stacey's deception, Jim and Dan ride to the Comanche village to warn them of the planned attack, but the Indians have little with which to defend themselves, having already given up their rifles. Katie, previously unaware of her brother's plans, steals the wagon filled with the Comanches' guns and rides to the Indian village. She arrives there just in time to arm Quisima's warriors in their battle against Stacey's men. Seeing that defeat is imminent, Stacey tries to escape, only to be ridden down and captured by Jim. With peace restored, Jim heads back for Washington to meet with President Andrew Jackson, but promises Katie to return soon.

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