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Tom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches in Arizona territory.Tom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches in Arizona territory.Tom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches in Arizona territory.
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 2 wins & 6 nominations total
Joyce Mackenzie
- Terry
- (as Joyce MacKenzie)
Robert Adler
- Lonergan - Stage Driver
- (uncredited)
Trevor Bardette
- Stage Passenger
- (uncredited)
Chris Willow Bird
- Nochalo
- (uncredited)
Raymond Bramley
- Col. Bernall
- (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
- Miner
- (uncredited)
Argentina Brunetti
- Nalikadeya - Cochise's Wife
- (uncredited)
Harry Carter
- Miner
- (uncredited)
Iron Eyes Cody
- Teese
- (uncredited)
J.W. Cody
- Pionsenay - Chosen Warrior
- (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Dolores Christine Cypert
- American Indian
- (uncredited)
- …
- Director
- Writers
- Elliott Arnold
- Albert Maltz(front Michael Blankfort)
- Michael Blankfort
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaAt 41, James Stewart was 26 years older than Debra Paget, who was still only 15 when filming began in early June 1949.
- GoofsWhen General Oliver is beginning to pick himself off the ground after the Apache attack on the military wagon train, the first shot shows the ground to be mostly desert sand, with very little vegetation, but when the scene jumps to a long shot of the General getting up, the ground around him is almost entirely covered with green vegetation, showing scarcely any sand at all.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Family Classics: Family Classics: Broken Arrow (1963)
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not the usual western movie
Although the story is entertaining and the performances of James Stewart, Jeff Chandler and Debra Paget outstanding, what makes Broken Arrow a landmark film is its portrayal of the Apache Indians as something more than savage killers. Indians in the movies were always seen as brutal and inhuman. Here they are seen as people who want what the "white men" wanted: to live in freedom with their families on their own land and to live their lives in their own way.
Jeff Chandler is terrific as Apache leader Cochise, who he would play twice more in other films. There is a moving scene when they return from battle and he recites the names of those killed with a pained look in his eyes. Cochise and Stewart's character have a relationship which grows from mutual respect to a true friendship as they try to work out peace between the whites and indians. Stewart is looked on as a traitor by his friends and things are complicated further by his relationship with the young Apache girl played by Debra Paget.
I cannot think of another western in which indians have been portrayed as real people with emotions who hurt, who love. When this film was released 50 years ago, blacks, asians and American Indians were still being portrayed using the worst kinds of racial stereotypes.
Jeff Chandler is terrific as Apache leader Cochise, who he would play twice more in other films. There is a moving scene when they return from battle and he recites the names of those killed with a pained look in his eyes. Cochise and Stewart's character have a relationship which grows from mutual respect to a true friendship as they try to work out peace between the whites and indians. Stewart is looked on as a traitor by his friends and things are complicated further by his relationship with the young Apache girl played by Debra Paget.
I cannot think of another western in which indians have been portrayed as real people with emotions who hurt, who love. When this film was released 50 years ago, blacks, asians and American Indians were still being portrayed using the worst kinds of racial stereotypes.
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- dave fitz
- Jun 7, 2000
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $10,145
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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