Broken Trail (2006– )

After Print Miller feels guilty about inheriting his nephew's mother's house and partners up with him to drive horses for for sale in an eventful journey.

Stars:

Robert Duvall, Thomas Haden Church, Greta Scacchi

Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 12 wins & 23 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Robert Duvall	...	Prentice Ritter (2 episodes, 2006)
Thomas Haden Church	...	Tom Harte (2 episodes, 2006)
Greta Scacchi	...	Nola Johns (2 episodes, 2006)
Gwendoline Yeo	...	Sun Foy 'aka' #3 (2 episodes, 2006)
Chris Mulkey	...	Big Ears (2 episodes, 2006)
Rusty Schwimmer	...	Big Rump Kate (2 episodes, 2006)
Gwendolyn Yen	...	Sun Foy aka #3 (2 episodes, 2006)
Scott Cooper	...	Gilpin (2 episodes, 2006)
Valerie Tian	...	Ging Wa 'aka' #5 (2 episodes, 2006)
Caroline Chan	...	Mai Ling 'aka' #2 (2 episodes, 2006)
Olivia Cheng	...	Ye Fung 'aka' #4 (2 episodes, 2006)
Jadyn Wong	...	Ghee Moon 'aka' #1 (2 episodes, 2006)
Donald Fong	...	Lung Hay (2 episodes, 2006)
Peter Skagen	...	Bartender (2 episodes, 2006)
James Russo	...	'Capt' Billy Fender (2 episodes, 2006)

Storyline

Set in 1898, Print Ritter and his estranged nephew Tom Harte become the reluctant guardians of five abused and abandoned Chinese girls. Ritter and Harte's attempts to care for the girls are complicated by their responsibility to deliver a herd of horses while avoiding a group of bitter rivals intent on kidnapping the girls for their own purposes.

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Plot Keywords:

nephew | chinese girl | shepherd | horse killed | flock of sheep | 

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Genres:

Western

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English Mandarin Crow

Release Date:

25 June 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

A szabadság útján

Filming Locations:

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Butcher's Run Films, Once Upon a Time Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

184 min 184 min (2 parts)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

After the final gun fight when they are standing in the barn, Print has his left arm around two of the girls and Nola is standing to their right. When the camera angle changes, Nola is now standing between the girls with her arms around them.

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Quotes

Prentice Ritter: Without marriage and women we'd all have been drunk, shot ourselves to death, or died of the clap.

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Connections

Featured in The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards (2007)

User Reviews

Recommend It

As a fan of modern as well as "oldies" style westerns, I was impressed with they layout of this mini-series. The trail drive was only a vehicle in which to tell the story, not hours of it to kill time. Excellent in my book, exquisite scenery, as well as keeps one attention so as not to miss a single scene. The previews drew my attention at first, but the lead actors convinced my wife and I to make plans to see this two-part miniseries. We wanted to see the first part to see if we would give up other interests, which we were glad we did. All in all this mini-series kept our attention focused, but was not without a bit of violence, and slight bit of adult subject matter. But no nudity, and little if any harsh language, which was a relief. Enjoy it I did.