Broken Lance |  | Director: Edward Dmytryk
Actors: Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters, Richard Widmark, Katy Jurado
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 96 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: FOXD2227276D
UPC: 024543172758
EAN: 0024543172758
Theatrical Release Date: September 25, 1954
Release Date: May 24, 2005
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Broken Lance is a noble entry in the trend of adult Westerns of the early 1950s, scoring on a couple of fronts: (1) as a multigenerational saga, with Shakespearian overtones, of a family bickering over a giant ranch, and (2) as a grown-up look at the dilemma of the Native American... its title perhaps inspired by the Indian-friendly Broken Arrow? Spencer Tracy stars as the blustery patriarch of a cattle spread, threatened by pollution from a nearby copper mine as well as the shiftiness of his older sons (Richard Widmark, Hugh O'Brian, and Earl Holliman). Tracy's bluff characterization--as ever, he seems to be yanking at the script like a cat unraveling a ball of yarn--carries the film effortlessly along. The central character is actually his youngest and wisest son, played by Robert Wagner, who's not especially convincing as the mixed-race issue of Tracy's second marriage, to an Indian woman (Oscar nominee Katy Jurado). Edward Dmytryk directs in a style that could be called "intelligent," which is another way of saying "not very exciting." The early CinemaScope probably accounts for some of the static set-ups, although there are exteriors that are breathtaking (watching this film in its full-screen version would be crazy). The cast is certainly tops; Widmark is overqualified to play a third lead, but who's complaining? Most memorable is the loving relationship between Tracy's cattleman and his Indian wife, although the subject of Native Americans is secondary here (check out The Devil's Doorway and Apache for more overt Fifties looks at the topic). Veteran screenwriter Philip Yordan won an Oscar for his "original story," a curious and long-defunct Academy Award category. --Robert Horton
Product Description
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 05/13/2008 Run time: 96 minutes Rating: Nr
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 Great movie experience September 15, 2009
Lan D (Houston, TX United States)
How I wish they made movies as good as this; great characterization, great plot, wonderful acting! Movies, especially Westerns, don's get any better than this!
Broken Lance September 12, 2009
T. Forster (Victoria, Australia)
There are many westerns out there and this is a great one. Robert Wagner played a good part as a half breed the son of Spencer Tracy and his Indian wife and the struggles that he had with his half brothers. He was the nicest brother of the four brothers and he put up with alot only to be the better person. A truly great movie.
Bad guys can wear white hats, too August 26, 2009
Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth)
My Villian du Jour is Matt Devereaux, as portrayed by Spencer Tracy.
In Edward Dmytryk's widescreen western, BROKEN LANCE, Devereaux, owner of a Texas spread half the size of Rhode Island, guilt manipulates his friends, punches enemies with impunity and treats three of his four adult children like dirt.
When only 40 of his 50,000 head of cattle are poisoned from a fouled stream, Devereaux confronts the manager of a copper processing operation. Negotiations quickly go awry (Matt's offer: "get outta here!"), so he orchestrates the smelting plant's total destruction. Taken to Federal Court by the company, Matt is such a jerk on the stand that the judge holds him in contempt, but not until it's revealed that he lynched three cattle rustlers. He allows his youngest boy (and favorite son!) to take the rap for the crime and go to jail for 3 years. It shoulda been Matt sitting in the hoosegow. Lord knows, Texas might've benefited from his imprisonment.
Devereaux is laid low by illness while he's beating one of his other sons with a whip, and the viewer wants to cheer rather than feel sorry for this ogre. He soon rises from a sickbed and gallops out to stop his boys from selling land to the hated copper outfit. Along the way, Matt drops dead in the saddle, but the S.O.B. is so stubborn, his corpse keeps on riding!
Now there's a memorable bad guy.
(Watch for the voice of Elmer Fudd, Arthur Q. Bryan in an uncredited bit part.)
Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll rating.
(7.0) Broken Lance (1954) - Spencer Tracy/Robert Wagner/Richard Widmark/Jean Peters/Katy Jurado/Hugh O'Brian/Earl Holliman/E.G. Marshall (uncredited: Arthur Q. Bryan)
King Lear' s scent overflows this western! August 17, 2009
Hiram Gomez Pardo (Valencia, Venezuela)
"Broken lance" is if I may an atypical western, because underneath his script lies the seminal premises of King Lear. A proud baron cattle (Spencer Tracy stealing the show, once more) married with an Indian wife (Katy Jurado, nominated for the Academy award as Best supporting actress for this role) has to deal with his greedy and bickering sons who will fight until the last consequences in order to surmount the legal barriers of the simple inheritance.
Widmark is outstanding too in this admirable western, that together with Warlock made of this talented director (brilliant in the Noir genre) redefined with notable mastery, the well known limits of this genre.
EDWARD DMYTRYK, OPUS 34 December 2, 2008
wdanthemanw (Geneva, Switzerland)
***1/2 1954. This film, a remake of Joseph L. Mankiewicz's House of Strangers (Fox Film Noir) was directed by Edward Dmytryk. Academy award earned by Philip Yordan (screenplay) and a nomination by Katy Jurado (Supporting role). Description of the relation between an authoritarian father and his four sons. BROKEN LANCE is a true Fox classic with a little violence and a lot of psychological considerations. Spencer Tracy, Richard Widmark and Katy Jurado clearly outshine the rest of the cast, especially Robert Wagner who's as expressive as a stone. Recommended.
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