Nonureva Really Surprised!

Noutions Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

arthur_tafero There are several reasons why Broken Arrow is better than your average Western. James Stewart is better than your average Western hero, Debra Paget is smoking hot; hotter than most of those broken down bar girls featured in most Westerns, and Jeff Chandler has the role of his career as Cochise (a role he was so good at; they featured him TWICE in TWO films about Cochise). The cinematography is gorgeous, and the production values are fairly decent. I recommend this tale of Cochise and Tom Jeffords (actual historical figures) with creative film license.

thinker1691 The novel ' Blood Brother ' is the basic for the film " Broken Arrow." Losesly based on the real life efforts of Tom Jeffords who tried to negotiate peace between White Settlers and Cochise (Jeff Chandler) the Apache. It begins when our hero Tom Jeffords (James Stewart) saves a young apache boy wounded and dying of thirst. Later he encounters a multitude of other Apaches who do not spare other white men. There after, Jeffords is determined to bring the two sides together to sign a peace treaty. It's not easy as there are many hot-heads and hate mongering on both sides. In addition, While at the Apache camp, Jeffords falls in love with a native girl called Sonseeahray (Debra Paget) and must convince Gen. Oliver Howard (Basil Ruysdael) and Indian hater Ben Slade (Will Geer) to honor the peace. From it's beginning, Audiences await a bloody outcome of the Indian war, but keep in mind this movie is Hollywood's attempt to turn a new leaf in the cycle of violence on the big screen. I think they did a good job and thus this film becomes a Classic for Steward and Chandler. ****

Sergeant_Tibbs One of the first revisionist Westerns. I had to watch Broken Arrow for my dissertation on the genre and it was quite a pleasant surprise, but not without its flaws. It's incredibly dated with a studio aesthetic it can't overcome. Dialogue is very on-the-nose, emotions are all on the surface. But it does have an interesting sympathetic portrayal of Native Indians with an unusually pacifist protagonist, played by the always welcome James Stewart. It's a shame that it can't quite get passed its racial caricatures. Mostly watchable for Stewart as ever. Short and sweet helps.7/10

SnoopyStyle Tom Jeffords (James Stewart) is an enlightened white man who saves an Apache boy. He is pulled into the conflict between the Apaches and local white folks. He ends up trying to bring peace between the Apaches and the US government.Apaches leader Cochise and the rest of his people are portrayed as real people more or less even if they are being played by white actors. We're not completely enlightened yet. It's got a good message. There are good fight scenes and good acting. I do wish it was more realistic with a more gritty rougher feel but that may be asking too much. It is still a western from it's era. One of the good things is that not all the Indians are noble. Not all of them go along with peace. In that sense, it's more realistic.