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BROKEN ARROW, 20th Century Fox, 1950.
Dir. Delmer Daves, Perf. James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, and Debra Paget.
Review by Dominic

Largely exchanging carnage between settlers and Native Americans for conversation, Delmer Daves’s Broken Arrow has aged gracefully in its treatment of race relations where so many of its contemporaries appear (their other merits aside) offen... read more

Sensitive,intense (Stewart has one of his best scenes of his career when Paget dies), understanding in every approach to indians, and even agile. Great film.

By 1870, there has been 10 years of cruel war between settlers and Cochise's Apaches. Ex-soldier Tom Jeffords saves the life of an Apache boy and starts to wonder if Indians are human, after all; soon, he determines to use this chance to make himself an ambassador. Against all odds, his solitary mission into Cochise's stronghold opens a dialogue. Opportunely, the president sends General Howard with orders to conclude peace. But even with Jeffords's luck, the deep grievance and hatred on both sides make tragic failure all too likely.