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Broken Arrow is a 1950 American English-language film directed by Delmer Daves and produced by Julian Blaustein. The screenplay was written by Albert Maltz, with music composed by Hugo Friedhofer. The cast includes James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget, and Will Geer. The production company was 20th Century Studios, with Ernest Palmer serving as director of photography. Costume design was handled by René Hubert, and Thomas Little was the production designer.
The narrative is set in Arizona and falls within the genres of Western, romance, and revisionist Western. It has a runtime of 93 minutes. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and another for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. It also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding. Distribution was handled by 20th Century Studios, Netflix, and Fandango at Home via video on demand.
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6.7Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the American settlers and Apaches in the late 1870s Arizona. He learns that the Indians kill only to protect themselves, or out of retaliation for white atrocities.
Cast
- James Stewart as Tom Jeffords
- Jeff Chandler as Cochise
- Debra Paget as Sonseeahray
- Basil Ruysdael as Gen. Oliver Howard
- Will Geer as Ben Slade
- Joyce Mackenzie as Terry
Themes
- peace
- settler
- cochise
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- revisionist Western
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Delmer Daves
- Screenwriter
- Albert Maltz
- Cast member
- Mickey Kuhn
- Composer
- Hugo Friedhofer
- Producer
- Julian Blaustein
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Cinematographer
- Ernest Palmer
- Narrative location
- Arizona
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 422941
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1950-07-21
- title
- Broken Arrow
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- distributed by
- Fandango at Home
- costume designer
- René Hubert
- production designer
- Thomas Little
- different from
- Broken Arrow
- review score
- 91%
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