Broken Arrow (1950)


Broken Arrow
Release Date21 July 1950
TaglineOf this motion picture the screen can be proud... Today... Tomorrow... A generation from now...
GenreDrama, Romance, Western
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsAlabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassIndian Western, Traditional Western, Romantic Drama
MoodOnly Human
ThemesInterracial/Cross-Cultural Romance, Culture Clash, Out For Revenge
TonesEarnest, Atmospheric, Bittersweet, Melancholy, Confrontational
TagsCross Cultural Relations, Friendship, Frontiersman, Indian (Native American), Love, Mail, Settler, Truce
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Broken Arrow is a western Technicolor film released in 1950. It was directed by Delmer Daves and starred James Stewart and Jeff Chandler. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards, and won a Golden Globe award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding. It made history as the first major Western since the Second World War to portray the Indians sympathetically.


Cast and Crew


Cast

James Stewart
Tom Jeffords

Jeff Chandler
Cochise

Debra Paget
Sonseeahray

Basil Ruysdael
Gen. Oliver 'The Christian General' Howard

Will Geer
Ben Slade, Rancher

Joyce Mackenzie
Terry, Scatfly Proprietress

Arthur Hunnicutt
Milt Duffield, Mail Superintendent

Robert Adler
Lonergan, Stage Driver

Trevor Bardette
Stage Passenger

Chris Willow Bird
Nochalo, Wedding Officiant

Raymond Bramley
Col. Bernall

Argentina Brunetti
Nalikadeya, Cochise's Wife

Harry Carter
Miner

Iron Eyes Cody
Teese, Court Jester

J.W. Cody
Pionsenay, Chosen Warrior

Heinie Conklin
Townsman

Dolores Christine Cypert
Redbird, American Indian

Aubrey Lee Dale
Indian

John Doucette
Mule driver

Robert Foster Dover
Machogee, Boy Healed by Jeffords

Nacho Galindo
Barber

Robert Griffin
John Lowrie

Mickey Kuhn
Bob Slade

Jack Lee
Boucher

John Marston
Maury, Stage Passenger

Frank McGrath
Barfly

Edwin Rand
Sergeant

Jay Silverheels
Geronimo

Charles Soldani
Skinyea, Chosen Warrior

Richard Van Opel
Bernall's Adjutant

John War Eagle
Nahilzay, Rejected Suitor

Billy Wilkerson
Juan, Teacher-Guide

Bud Wolfe
Man saying '...or a Blasted Liar'

Director

Delmer Daves
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Writer

Elliott Arnold

Albert Maltz

Michael Blankfort

Producer

Julian Blaustein
producer

Original Music

Hugo Friedhofer
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Cinematographer

Ernest Palmer

Editor

J. Watson Webb Jr.
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Art Director

Albert Hogsett
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Set Decorator

Thomas Little
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Fred J. Rode
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Costume Designer

René Hubert

Makeup Department

Ben Nye
makeup artist

Stephanie Garland
hair stylist

Production Manager

Stanley Goldsmith
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Jasper Blystone
assistant director

Sound Department

Bernard Freericks
sound

Harry M. Leonard
sound

Special Effects

Fred Sersen
special photographic effects

Stunts

Ted Mapes
stunt double: James Stewart

Camera and Electrical Department

Curt Fetters
camera operator

Al St. Hilaire
still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Charles Le Maire
wardrobe director

Sam Benson
wardrobe

Music Department

Alfred Newman
musical director

Edward B. Powell
orchestrator

Other Crew

Leonard Doss
technicolor color consultant

Marvin Weldon
script supervisor

Production Company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributor

Centfox

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

atlas Film

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

KOCH Media Deutschland GmbH

Nothing's New Video

Umbrella Entertainment

20th Century Fox

Comet Video