Broken Arrow (1950 film)
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Delmer Daves |
| Produced by | Julian Blaustein |
| Written by |
Elliott Arnold (novel Blood Brother) Michael Blankfort (front name for Albert Maltz) |
| Starring |
James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget |
| Music by | Hugo Friedhofer |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Edited by | J. Watson Webb Jr. |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Release date
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July 21, 1950 |
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Running time
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93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3,550,000 (US rentals) |
Broken Arrow is a western Technicolor film released in 1950. It was directed by Delmer Daves and starred James Stewart as Tom Jeffords and Jeff Chandler as Cochise. The film is based on these historical figures but fictionalizes their story in dramatized form. It was nominated for three Academy Awards, and won a Golden Globe award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding. Film historians have said that the movie was one of the first major Westerns since the Second World War to portray the Indians sympathetically.
Tom Jeffords (James Stewart) comes across a wounded, 14-year-old Apache boy dying from buckshot wounds in his back. Jeffords gives the boy water and heals his wounds. The boy's tribesmen appear and are at first hostile but decide to let Jeffords go free. However, when a group of gold prospectors approaches, the Apache gag Jeffords and tie him to a tree. Helpless, he watches as they attack the prospectors and torture the survivors. The warriors then let him go but warn him not to enter Apache territory again.
When Jeffords returns to Tucson, he encounters a prospector who escaped the ambush. He corrects a man's exaggerated account of the attack, but Ben Slade (Will Geer) is incredulous and doesn't see why Jeffords didn't kill the Apache boy. Instead, Jeffords learns the Apache language and customs and plans to go to Cochise's stronghold on behalf of his friend, Milt (Arthur Hunnicut) who is in charge of the mail service in Tucson. Jeffords enters the Apache stronghold and begins a parley with Cochise (Jeff Chandler) who agrees to let the couriers through. Tom meets a young Apache girl, Sonseeahray (Debra Paget), and falls in love.
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