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Broken Arrow (1950)

Original title: Broken Arrow

“The most powerful weapon is courage...”

1950 · 1 h 33 min
Directed by Delmer Daves
DramaRomanceWestern

Cast

James Stewart Jeff Chandler Debra Paget Basil Ruysdael Will Geer Joyce Mackenzie

Credits

Written by: Elliott Arnold

Plot

A former army scout, Tom Jeffords, befriends the Apache chief Cochise and works for peace between the Apache and the settlers in Arizona, in one of the first sympathetic Westerns about Native Americans.

Sinekatalog’s take

A humane and pioneering Western with James Stewart.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (10,952 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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