
Pale Rider(1985)
A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.


“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.

James Stewart
Tom Jeffords

Jeff Chandler
Cochise

Debra Paget
Sonseeahray

Basil Ruysdael
Gen. Oliver Howard

Will Geer
Ben Slade

Joyce Mackenzie
Terry

Arthur Hunnicutt
Milt Duffield

Robert Adler
Lonergan - Stage Driver (uncredited)

Trevor Bardette
Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Chris Willow Bird
Nochalo (uncredited)
Broken Arrow is a western, drama, romance film released in 1950 exploring themes of peace, settler, mail, cochise. Directed by Delmer Daves, it stars James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget. 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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