It's quite obvious that a movie about a gun will be more interesting than a movie about a knife. Guns are louder. "Colt 45" therefore has advantages over "Commanche Territory," which is concerned with the invention and inventor of the Bowie knife.

In addition to being noisier, "Colt 45" contains more of the ingredients of the true Western. Randolph Scott, among the first men ever to use the gun, is presented with a set of new pistols by President Polk. Early in the film a scoundrel, Zachary Scott, steals them; the picture deals with the battle for retention.

The producers of this picture were especially fortunate in getting Chief Thundercloud to head their Injun band. This leather-faced gentleman reveals all the majesty of the old Indian chieftains, and is excellent except for his Chinese accent. Also noteworthy are the amazing number of people picked off while on horseback.

"Commanche Territory" concerns the period in history when unruly mobs almost moved into Indian land to mine silver. Jim Bowie, friendly with the Indian because they admired his knife, manages to hold the bad men out of the land until the new treaty is signed. Except for a fight pitting the Bowie knife against an Indian tomshawk, this is unusually dull.

Both pictures lack several features essential to Excellent Westerns. There is no Old Stranger, no real chase, no duels at sunup, no good saloon scenes, no cavalry, and no murdered budides. Only once does a man pull an arrow out of his chest. One redeeming feature is that the women, one in each picture, are quite attractive. Of course, both are filmed in Glorious Technicolor.