Broken Lance

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NR,1hr 45min

Genres:

Western,Documentary,Romance

Released:

July 29, 1954

Distributor:

20th Century Fox

Starring:

Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters ... More

Synopsis: In this Western with curiously Shakespearean undertones, Matt Devereaux (Spencer Tracy) is a ranch owner who has tried to raise his sons to carry on the fierce, hard-working spirit that helped make him a success. However, as a consequence, he never learned to show them affection and treats his boys little better than the hired help. Joe (Robert Wagner), is Matt's son by Native American wife Señora (Katy Jurado). Because of Joe's mixed ethnicity, he is treated prejudicially by his three half-brothers, ... Full Synopsis

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	Richard Gilliam, AMG Review Broken Lance is the story of a family empire in the guise of a Western. The plot is derived from King Lear, though its more direct precursor is the film noir classic House of Strangers (1949), a similarly themed film also written by Philip Yordan. Though Yordan won an Oscar for Original Story for Lance, much of the credit for the tightly constructed film should go to screenwriter Richard Murphy, who ... Read Review

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	Spencer Tracy Matt Devereaux Robert Wagner Joe Devereaux Jean Peters Barbara Richard Widmark Ben

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