Broken Arrow
Starring: James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget
Director: Delmer Daves
Writer: Albert Maltz
Producer: Julian Blaustein
Broken Arrow is a 1950 American independent revisionist Western drama film directed by Delmer Daves and starring James Stewart, Jeff Chandler and Debra Paget. The film is based on historical figures but fictionalizes their story in dramatized form. It was nominated for three Academy Awards and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding.
Trivia
- Won the Golden Globe Award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding.
- Also nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color; Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay.
- Producer Julian Blaustein recalled: "We had a terrible time locating an actor with the proper voice and stature to play Cochise.
- Before we found Chandler we were even considering Ezio Pinza". Jeff Chandler was cast in May 1949 on the basis of his performance in Sword in the Desert.
- Apaches from the Whiteriver agency on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation played themselves.
Previous Showings
5 Runs • 3 Festivals
3,073 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (August 27, 1950)
Original Run: August 27, 1950 (Sunday - Saturday)
All runs on record (5):
- August 27, 1950 (Sunday - Saturday)James Stewart, Debra Paget
- January 1 - 4, 1994 · 922 ticketsw/ Winchester '73
- April 10 - 11, 2004 · 922 ticketsjstewart-2004w/ Another Thin Man
- August 7 - 8, 2008 · 510 ticketsSummer 2008 Bette Davis, James Stewart, silent films and more!w/ The Naked Spur
- November 8 - 9, 2025 · 719 ticketsClassic Westernsw/ Winchester '73