Yes, it is remarkable the way the Great Man takes a piss poor script and a wretchedly low budget film and somehow turns it into....art. Note the subtle way that he depicts the inner torment of the brothers, caught in an inevitable and tragic clash between their diverse cultural heritages. I'm surprised this movie is not better known, but it is often the case that a work of this degree of psychological complexity fails to gain much attention at the box office. It's simply over the heads of most viewers. ;-)

There are several oddities in the film, probably put in deliberately as archetypal symbols, rather than being intended as depictions of literal reality. (Let's hope so, anyway!)

For example...

1. Note that the Comanche brother, Notah, does not appear to have gained any sun tan! This, despite his years of normally parading around bare from the waist up in the hot desert sun, so as to tantalize all those Comanche women with his magnificent hairless chest.

2. Note that Notah's haircut is like a white man's. In fact, it's exactly like Johnny Moon's haircut. It's really, really short. Was this normal for Comanches? Apparently not, judging by the other "Indians" shown in the film. So why? Well, like I said, it's a symbol. It is meant to show that he cannot escape his half-white heritage.

"So...why didn't they make it short on the one side, and long on the other, then?" you ask....

Now, look here, there are decent limits to how far symbology should be taken in an "art" film!

3. Note the interesting warwhoops given be the combatants. Is this how Comanches really whooped? Well, possibly, but who can say? Let's just assume that it is correct and not look too deeply into the matter, okay? ;-)