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April 1956 (USA) moreTagline:
BEHIND HIS BADGE WAS THE HEART OF AN OUTLAW KILLER! (original print ad - all caps)Plot:
A deputy marshal is ordered to investigate the killing of a Mexican ranch hand by a fellow deputy, who claims self-defense... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Under Cover Of The Badge moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Howard Duff | ... | Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed |
| Lita Baron | ... | Conchita Alvarado |
| Bill Williams | ... | Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry |
| Douglas Fowley | ... | Indian Agent Hiram Charleton |
| Henry Calvin | ... | Thornton W. Wills |
| Addison Richards | ... | Marshal Wayne Forrester |
| Joel Ashley | ... | Messendyke |
| John Pickard | ... | Van Horn |
| William 'Bill' Phillips | ... | W.C. 'Doc' Mott, Coroner (as Wm. 'Bill' Phillips) |
| Joe Dominguez | ... | Nachez |
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82 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)Filming Locations:
Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USAFun Stuff
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Marshal Wayne Forrester: Mr. Alvarado's death seems to be much more important than his life ever was. moreSoundtrack:
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Every now and then TCM runs these obscure films that turn out to be real finds. The Broken Star, a black and white B western, certainly is a find with Howard Duff as a deputy sheriff gone bad.
Right up front we see Howard Duff shoot down an unarmed man and steal something from his house. It's $8000.00 in gold, but unfortunately Duff has left a witness, an old Apache who works for the deceased.
Under cover of the badge, Duff tells his story that he shot a suspected rustler who drew on him first. Neither believing or disbelieving him, Sheriff Addison Richards investigates, in much the same manner a shooting team from a modern police force does. It's then up to another deputy, Bill Williams to bring in his colleague who also is someone who saved his life once.
The film is set in the beginning of the 20th century when the old wild west was becoming somewhat tame. Early forensic science is what sets people's suspicions on Duff in the first place.
The Broken Star is a good B western with an adult plot befitting the Fifties, the era of the adult western. Make sure you catch it when next broadcast.