Broken Arrow
“The most powerful weapon is courage...”
Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the American settlers and Apaches in the late 1870s Arizona. He learns that the Indians kill only to protect themselves, or out of retaliation for white atrocities.
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Part of Cochise Collection
3 films
Cast
42 people
James Stewart
Tom Jeffords
Known for
Rear Window
Vertigo
Jeff Chandler
Cochise
Known for
Merrill's Marauders
Man in the Shadow
Debra Paget
Sonseeahray
Known for
The Ten Commandments
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Basil Ruysdael
Gen. Oliver Howard
Known for
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
Jubal
Will Geer
Ben Slade
Known for
Jeremiah Johnson
The Waltons
Joyce Mackenzie
Terry
Known for
Deadline - U.S.A.
Arthur Hunnicutt
Milt Duffield
Known for
El Dorado
The Tall T
Robert Adler
Lonergan - Stage Driver (uncredited)
Known for
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Trevor Bardette
Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Known for
Gun Crazy
The Monolith Monsters
Chris Willow Bird
Nochalo (uncredited)
Also in
Drum Beat
Johnny Cool
Raymond Bramley
Col. Bernall (uncredited)
Also in
The Sun Sets at Dawn
The Bachelor
Chet Brandenburg
Miner (uncredited)
Known for
You're Darn Tootin'
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Delmer Daves Director · Albert Maltz Screenplay Elliott Arnold Author
Worldwide gross $3.6M · United States release July 21, 1950 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$3,600,000
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Arrow · Blood Brothers · War Paint
Working titles
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 20, 1950
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · July 21, 1950
Theatrical · Broken Arrow, Oklahoma & Tulsa, Oklahoma
United States
August 1, 1950 · Theatrical
Canada
September 14, 1950 · Theatrical
France
March 1, 1951 · Theatrical
August 17, 2011 · Theatrical · Re-release
Germany
September 6, 1951 · Theatrical · West Germany
November 18, 2022 · Physical
Ireland
November 3, 1950 · Theatrical
Italy
December 23, 1950 · Theatrical
Mexico
September 15, 1950 · Theatrical
May 12, 2002 · Limited theatrical · Cineteca Nacional
Netherlands
December 1, 1950 · Theatrical
Philippines
February 28, 1951 · Theatrical
Portugal
April 2, 1951 · Theatrical
October 19, 1968 · Limited theatrical · Porto, Cineclube do Porto
June 22, 1971 · Limited theatrical · Porto, Cineclube do Porto
January 20, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Lisboa, Cinemateca Portuguesa
United Kingdom
August 24, 1950 · Theatrical · London
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