Broken arrow 1950 film

It was directed by delmer daves and starred james stewart as tom jeffords and jeff chandler as cochise. Shot in technicolor, it was directed by delmer daves and starred james stewart as tom jeffords and jeff chandler as cochise. Nicholasfrancis7587 broken arrow 1950 james stewart western movie. Although the latter film is more highly regarded today, this film is. And in the same year 1950, another act of justice was made by anthony mann in winchester.

Watch broken arrow starring james stewart in this western on directv. Broken arrow, oklahoma, united statesin film and television. The film follows stewarts jeffords as he tries to make peace between apache indians and settlers in the new arizona territory. Broken arrow, a golden globewinning western film starring james stewart broken arrow 1996 film, an action film starring john travolta, christian slater and directed by john woo broken arrows film, a 2007 drama film. Released in 1950 and directed by delmer daves, broken arrow stars jimmy stewart as a former soldier, tom jeffords, who saves an apache teen after ten years of war between settlers and natives in 1870, arizona. Screenplay by albert maltz, michael blankfort, based on the novel by elliott arnold. Broken arrow 1950 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Its probably the first western to paint the natives sympathetically. The men, film on paraplegic veterans, at the music hall marlon brando in lead roxy shows story of indians, broken arrowpremieres at. Broken arrow, directed by the hong kong cult favorite john woo, is his bigbudget hollywood debut, after his more modestly priced first u. Exsoldier tom jeffords spent years in the military fighting the apaches, but when he saves the life of an apache child, it dawns on him that were all human. The film won a golden globe award for best film promoting international understanding, making history as the first major western since the second world war to side with the native americans.

Broken arrow 1950 internet movie firearms database guns. According to publicity for broken arrow, the film was shot in the locations where the story actually took place, and 375 apache indians appeared in the film. Though he fulfills his mission, jeffords soon experiences great tragedy when he, his indian wife. A better movie for the facts was geronimo, which came out around 15 years ago, but i like this one too, especially the beautiful sedona scenery. Broken arrow is basically a duel between two military pilots, played by john travolta and christian slater, who are assigned to a topsecret lowaltitude training mission with a stealth bomber.

Winchester 1873 short rifle model with octagon barrel. Jeffords wants to avenge his brides death at the hands of white renegades, but it. Broken arrow film there are two films with the name broken arrow. Interested in bringing broken arrow 1950 to your school or library. Broken arrow just goes a little further in this direction. Broken arrow is a very distinctive western from 50s and particularly remembered for its sympathetic portrayal towards native americans. For a decade, the white settlers and the apaches have been engaged in a bloody war with no peaceful end in sight. The men, film on paraplegic veterans, at the music hall marlon brando in lead roxy shows story of indians, broken arrowpremieres at capital and. Daves earned a law degree at stanford university but decided to pursue a career in. The film is based on these historical figures but fictionalizes their story in dramatized form. Broken arrow is a good western, but its more important historically as one of the early films to attempt a more balanced view of native americans on film. Seen today, it seems a bit naive and some of the efforts at fairness come off as heavyhanded, but all in all the basic story and the production are strong enough to offset this. Broken arrow is a 1950 western directed by delmer daves and starring james stewart as tom jeffords and jeff chandler as cochise.

Against all odds, his solitary mission into cochises stronghold opens a dialogue. After comes across wounded 14years old young apache boy and saving him from dying. Broken arrow 1950 film broken arrow is a western technicolor film released in 1950. Broken arrow is a western technicolor film released in 1950. Location shooting for the film was done during a sixweek period near the apache white river reservation and in the coconino national forest in arizona, as well. Having learned much from each other, jeffords and cochise symbolize the whiteindian detente with the traditional broken arrow.

It proved to be too good to keep this for ourselves. The superlative drama, which focuses on the growing conflict between apaches and white settlers, featured notable performances by james stewart, as a former soldier who falls in love with an apache debra paget, and jeff chandler, as cochise. Places broken arrow korea, nickname for haktangni, republic of korea, site of a battle during the korean. This superb, noncondescending film has been criticized in some circles because of the alleged depiction of cochise as an indian. Broken arrow 1950 james stewart, jeff chandler, debra. By 1870, there has been 10 years of cruel war between settlers and cochises apaches. Broken arrow 1950 the following weapons were used in the film broken arrow 1950. This being a 1950 film miscegenation was frowned upon by the production code, you can guess what happens to her. Rent broken arrow 1950 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Broken arrow is a 1996 american action thriller film directed by john woo, written by graham yost, and starring john travolta, christian slater, and samantha mathis. Broken arrows broken arrow 1950 film, a golden globe winning western film broken arrow tv series, an abc television series, 1956 1960 broken arrow 1996 film wikipedia.

Jan 14, 2017 indian scout tom jeffords james stewart is sent out to stem the war between the whites and apaches in the late 1870s. This superb, noncondescending film has been criticized in some circles because of the alleged depiction of cochise as an indian uncle tom, and because actor jeff chandler was not a. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Watch broken arrow 1950 feature film gorillas on dailymotion. Broken arrow euskaraz gezi hautsia 1950eko delmer daves estatubatuar zinema zuzendariaren western film bat da. Broken arrow 1950eko filma wikipedia, entziklopedia askea. Thermonuclear near misses throughout history find out about the nuclear weapon that detonated in albuquerque in may 1957, as well as eight other broken arrow. Delmer daves american screenwriter and director britannica. After befriending their leader cochise jeff chandler and arranging a truce, he is called upon by a u. Broken arrow 1950 aficatalog american film institute. When a white scout, tom jeffords james stewart, has a dangerously close but. A powerful film in its own right but also a story for everyone who feels we have to remove our enemies. Broken arrow, dvd, full frame, subtitled, dubbed, sensormatic, westerns, 024543436799. Slomljena strijela je americki vestern film snimljen 1950.

According to an unidentified news item in the file for the film at the ampas library, broken arrow was cited by the film committee of the association on american indian affairs as one of the first films since the vanishing american see afi catalog of feature films, 192 to attempt a serious portrayal of the indian side of american history. Protagonist, ciji lik tumaci james stewart, je tom jeffords, postanski sluzbenik koji svojom hrabroscu stice postovanje, a potom prijateljstvo cochisea. Broken arrow full frame, subtitled, dubbed, sensormatic on. Jeff chandler was under contract to universalinternational at the time. Western movies broken arrow 1950 ima prevod james stewart part 12. This builds to a tragic, but ultimately hopeful climax. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 24 hours to finish it. Goofs when general oliver is beginning to pick himself off the ground after the apache attack on the military wagon train, the first shot shows the ground to be mostly desert sand, with very little vegetation, but when the scene jumps to a long shot of the general getting up, the ground around him is almost entirely covered with green vegetation, showing scarcely any sand at all. Broken arrow 1950 in 1870, when white men and indians are fighting bitterly, tom jeffords james stewart strongly believes the apaches are treated unfairly. Aug 30, 2018 broken arrow is a western technicolor film released in 1950. Exsoldier tom jeffords saves the life of an apache boy and determines to use this chance to make himself an ambassador.

Would this plan not be a better first step in dealing with our enemies rather than. In 1870, when white men and indians are fighting bitterly, tom jeffords james stewart strongly believes the apaches are treated unfairly. Jeff chandler turns in an excellent performance as miscast cochise, playing the apache leader with an admirable. Later in the 1950s, daves gave us another classic western, one that has since been remade 3. Buffalo bill with joel mccrea came out six years earlier and it was clearly favorable toward the natives. Rent broken arrow 1950 starring james stewart and jeff chandler on dvd and bluray. Indian scout tom jeffords james stewart is sent out to stem the war between the whites and apaches in the late 1870s. Broken arrow, at least at a symbolic level, is the selection of peace over war and, as such is depicted in the film. Apr 05, 2015 watch broken arrow 1950 feature film gorillas on dailymotion. Delmer daves, american writer and director of motion pictures who worked in a number of genres but was best known for his westerns, which include broken arrow 1950, the last wagon 1956, and 3. A very underrated film, broken arrow deftly and handily tells a great story. I watched this film for the 2nd time in almost 60 years because a member of our churchs movie group asked to see it.

Flecha rota 1950 james stewart, jeff chandler, debra paget. The film s main themes include the theft of two american nuclear weapons, the attempts of u. Stewart is a veteran army scout who befriends the apache under the great leader cochise played by jeff chandler, who made a cottage industry for himself from the role. The emphasis is on the apache way of life and the movie is touted as the first proindian western proindian to a point, but this simply isnt the case. Thats the one with bogarts face entirely bandaged for the first half of the film. Broken arrow 1950 western delmer daves james stewart, jeff chandler, debra paget part 22. Shot in technicolor, it was directed by delmer daves and starred james stewart as tom jeffords and jeff. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them.

Released in 1950, this groundbreaking western arguably the first to. The winchester model 1873 is used by several characters in the film. Army general to negotiate a government peace treaty. It was directed by delmer daves and starred jimmy stewart and jeff chandler. The picture marked the film debut of raymond bramley, a new york stage actor.

Stewart made several westerns in the 1950s, starting with this and winchester 73 in 1950. It shows woo capable of staging noisy fight scenes and spectacular explosions, but hes nowhere near the league of andy davis the fugitive and tony scott top gun when it comes to crafting smart action with. Broken arrow is director delmer daves 1950 film starring james stewart as tom jeffords, jeff chandler as cochise, and debra paget as sonseeahray. Broken arrow 1950 internet movie firearms database. Broken arrow director, delmer daves, guided humphrey bogart and lauren bacall through the imaginative dark passage 1947.