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August 1950 (USA)
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Plot:
Tom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 2 wins
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2 nominations
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not the usual western movie
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | James Stewart | ... | Tom Jeffords |
 | Jeff Chandler | ... | Cochise |
| Debra Paget | ... | Sonseeahray ('Morningstar') |
| Basil Ruysdael | ... | Gen. Oliver 'The Christian General' Howard |
| Will Geer | ... | Ben Slade, Rancher |
| Joyce Mackenzie | ... | Terry, Scatfly Proprietress (as Joyce MacKenzie) |
| Arthur Hunnicutt | ... | Milt Duffield, Mail Superintendent |
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Runtime:
93 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Norway:A (1957) |
Australia:G (DVD rating) |
Australia:PG (TV rating) |
Germany:12 |
UK:PG |
Finland:K-12 |
USA:Approved (certificate #13926)
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At 41, James Stewart was 25 years older than Debra Paget, who was barely 16 at the time of filming.
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Tom Jeffords: This is the story of a land, of the people who lived on it in the year 1870, and of a man whose name was Cochise. He was an Indian - leader of the Chiricahua Apache tribe. I was involved in the story and what I have to tell happened exactly as you'll see it - the only change will be that when the Apaches speak, they will speak in our language. What took place is part of the history of Arizona and it began for me here where you see me riding.
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[opening narration]
Tom Jeffords: This is the story of a land, of the people who lived on it in the year 1870, and of a man whose name was Cochise. He was an Indian - leader of the Chiricahua Apache tribe. I was involved in the story and what I have to tell happened exactly as you'll see it - the only change will be that when the Apaches speak, they will speak in our language. What took place is part of the history of Arizona and it began for me here where you see me riding.
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Featured in 100 Years of the Hollywood Western (1994) (TV)
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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.