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Broken Lance: Directed by Edward Dmytryk. With Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters, Richard Widmark. The saga of the Devereaux rancher family, set in 1880's Arizona.
Broken Lance is a 1954 American Western film directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Sol C. Siegel. The film stars Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters, Richard Widmark and Katy Jurado.
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After being released from prison, having taken the fall for his father--a rancher who sabotaged a mine that was destroying his cattle stock--a son returns to seek vengeance on his three brothers whom he feels drove his hard-working, tough-spirited father to death.
The saga of the Devereaux rancher family, set in 1880's Arizona. Cattle baron Matt Devereaux raids a copper smelter that is polluting his water, then divides his property among his sons. Son Joe takes responsibility for the raid and gets three years in prison.
Jul 23, 2015 · But the trouble really starts when a copper mine contaminates a well and kills 40 head of Devereaux cattle. Matt and his sons charged onto the copper mine property, demanding it cease operations. The situation spirals out of control until 12 mine workers are injured and the property wrecked.
A patriarchal rancher's empire is threatened by conflict within his family. On the day of his release from prison, the son of a cattle baron swears vengeance on his three half-brothers responsible...
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Broken Lance. A maverick yet iron-willed cattle rancher - he married a Comanche woman and fathered a second family - sees his empire begin to shatter. Oscar winner for Best Story, with Richard Widmark. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
Cattle baron Matt Devereaux raids a copper smelter that is polluting his water, then divides his property among his sons. Son Joe takes responsibility for the raid and gets three years in prison. Matt dies from a stroke partly caused by his rebellious sons and when Joe gets out he plans revenge.
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May 24, 2005 · 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 ...
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