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Watch: Broken Lance 1954 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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..
Plot: 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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	6.9/10 Votes: 3,931
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	N/A Votes: 60 Popularity: 6.765 | TMDB

Reviews:

Familiar drama with awesome acting , colorful scenarios and rousing score
This is an enjoyable and luxurious remake from ¨House of strangers¨ in Western style . Cattle baron Matt Devereaux (magnificent Spencer Tracy as the ruthless wealthy owner who sadly contends his sons) is a widower who married an Indian woman (Katy Jurado , though plays Robert Wagner’s mother in the film, she was only six years older than him in real life) . The Irish Matt is an egocentric and tyrannical self-made man that raises his family in an environment of hatred . He raids a copper smelter that is polluting his water . As Deveraux swears vengeance on those who have poised his stock . Half-breed son named Joe (Robert Wagner) takes responsibility for the raid and gets three years in jail . Serious conflicts arouse which split the family , as Ben Deveraux (Richard Widmark) attempts to divide the property among his brothers .

This over-the-top film contains intense drama , racial slur , familiar confrontation with dramatic taking on among father-sons and being beautifully realized . Interesting screenplay by Richard Murphy , based on a story by prestigious Philip Yordan . Good and agreeable Western that details the dissolution of a despotic cattle baron’s family with King Lear’s Shakespeare touches . The picture with exciting plot displays elements of Greek tragedy and a touching finale . It results to be a peculiar version about confrontation between father and brothers ; theme to be treated in other Hollywood films such as ¨House of strangers¨ (1949) also written by Philip Yordan , being directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz with Edward G Robinson (Spencer Tracy role), Luther Adler (Richard Widmark character) , Efrem Zimbalist (Hugh O’Brian role) and Richard Conte (Robert Wagner role) . Spencer Tracy’s tour-de-force performance in the climactic courtroom scene was so powerful that it completely captivated the onlooking film crewmen . Richard Widmark as the oldest and meanest brother , in a smaller part that you’d expected from his billing , is nevertheless excellent as a bad guy . The other siblings are played by naive young Robert Wagner , tough Hugh o’Brian and slow witted Earl Holliman . Romantic interest is supplied by the ever vivacious and lovely Jean Peters who married Howard Hughes . Besides , an excellent plethora of secondary actors as Katy Jurado , E.G Marshall , Eduard Franz . Musical score well composed and conducted by Leigh Harline is impressive ; including catching leitmotif and enjoyable sounds from Western . Colorful and evocative cinematography in Cinemascope by Joseph MacDonald .

The motion picture well produced by the great producers Sol C. Siegel , Darryl F. Zanuck was stunningly directed by Edward Dmytryck . A veteran filmmaker, Dmytryck is one of Hollywood’s most prolific directors who started his career in the early 40s . He was a craftsman whose career was interrupted by the activities of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), a congressional committee that employed ruthless tactics aimed at rooting out and destroying what it saw as Communist influence in Hollywood . A lifelong political leftist who had been a Communist Party member briefly during World War II, Dmytryk was one of the so-called “Hollywood Ten” who refused to cooperate with HUAC and had their careers disrupted or ruined as a result. The committee threw him in prison for refusing to cooperate, and after having spent several months behind bars , Dmytryk decided to cooperate . Dmytrick’s biggest film was ¨The Caine Mutiny¨ , but he also realized another mutiny film titled : ¨Mutiny¨ with Angela Lansbury . Edward was an expert on warlike genre as ¨Back to Batan¨ , ¨Battle of Anzio¨ , ¨Young lions¨ and Western as ¨Broken lance¨ , ¨Alvarez Kelly¨ , ¨Warlock¨ among others . Rating : 7 , better than average . It’s recommended for Western enthusiasts and Spencer Tracy fans .

A first-rate adult Western…
Tracy is a believable cowboy, nicely balanced for handling a bull whip, riding dangerously the hills…

Tracy plays a despot, absolute ruler cattle baron “making the wrong move with the wrong people,” using his force to restrain the pollution of his cattle’s stream: “The river is on my land. You are on my land. You close this operation down.”

His first three sons (Widmark, O’Brien and Holliman) were unanimously disappointing to him… He considered them cattle thieves, treating them harshly, without mercy… Only the fourth son and the youngest one (Robert Wagner) by his present wife, a Comanche woman played by the clever, quick-witted Katy Jurado has his affection and care… The other sons looks only forward to his demise so they may take control over his cattle empire…

Tracy — irritated and frustrated as a father — expends excessive reasons that arouses the sensation of hate provoking avaricious rebellion, and nearly destroys his younger kid Joe…

It was interesting to follow Dmytryk’s study of racial prejudice against the Indian wife of a domineering white father… Interesting to compare the rough resilience of Tracy with his character—isolated by mortal danger in “Bad Day at Black Rock,” a character enlightened with real feelings specially in guessing the conclusion… Somehow this is missing in Dmytryk’s “Broken Lance” where the autocratic father seems so artificial, an unfavorable comment that can be aimed against the movie itself…

Widmark offers a fine performance as the unlikable eldest son, while Robert Wagner and Jean Peters manage the romantic interlude…

The screenplay, based on 1949s “Home of Strangers” wins an Oscar and the fiery-eyed Mexican star Katy Jurado was nominated for best supporting actress…

Filmed in CinemaScope and Technicolor and with great sceneries of the state of Arizona, “Broken Lance” remains a first-rate adult Western…

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 36 min (96 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Adventure, Drama, Western
Director Edward Dmytryk
Writer Richard Murphy, Philip Yordan
Actors Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters
Country United States
Awards Won 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 1 nomination total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (35 mm optical prints), 4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints) (Western Electric Recording)
Aspect Ratio 2.55 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA (color), Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (print)
Film Length 2,636 m (11 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process CinemaScope (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm