saved them all, General Howard takes pity on him and places him in the permanent "custody" of Jenny and Billy. Cast Richard Widmark as Comanche Todd Felicia Farr as Jenny Susan Kohner as Jolie Normand Tommy Rettig as Billy Stephanie Griffin as Valinda Normand Ray Stricklyn as Clint Nick Adams as Ridge Carl Benton Reid as Gen. Howard Douglas Kennedy as Col. Normand George Mathews as Sheriff Bull Harper James Drury as Lt. Kelly Ken Clark as Sergeant Production The film was shot in DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope on location in Sedona, AZ, at the mouth of Oak Creek Canyon, and mostly along Schnebly Hill Road. Director Delmer Daves described the difficulty of finding a pristine location for the film, as his previous western, Broken Arrow (1950), had popularized the region. The film has some jarring continuity errors. During the last third of the film, Tommy Rettig's hair goes from being long and fair with a fringe, to being short back and sides and dark and brushed back, and then back again on two occasions, once in the same scene. Rettig had formerly played Richard Widmark's son in both the 1950 film noir Panic in the Streets and the 1955 film The Cobweb. Reception Critical response Bosley Crowther of The New York Times dismissed it as "A familiar and unexciting journey across a plateau of western clichés", but commended George Mathews' portrayal of the sheriff, "The only character in the picture worth attention". See also List of American films of 1956 References External links 1956 Western (genre) films 1956 films 20th Century Fox films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Delmer Daves Films scored by Lionel Newman CinemaScope films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films