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Broken Lance

Play trailer Poster for Broken Lance 1954,  1h 36m,  Western Play Trailer Watchlist
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86% Tomatometer 14 Reviews 62% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
A patriarchal rancher's empire is threatened by conflict within his family. On the day of his release from prison, the son of a cattle baron swears vengeance on his three half-brothers responsible for dispossessing him of his inheritance and driving his father to a fatal stroke. The ensuing story unfolds in flashback, tracing the sibling rivalries that led to the man's imprisonment.
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Time Out Staff Time Out Feb 9, 2006
Strong performances, ably augmented by Joe MacDonald's lovely 'Scope camerawork. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Nov 9, 2025
3/4
This sturdy Western is basically William Shakespeare by way of Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Go to Full Review
Ian Kane Epoch Times Mar 29, 2023
4/5
“Broken Lance” is a well-told and brilliantly directed Western that also features great acting, impactful drama, and lots of highly immersive cinematography Go to Full Review
André Bazin L'Obs (France) Jan 5, 2022
What is also noteworthy is the laborious dutifulness with which CinemaScope is used in Broken Lance, which gives the mise-en-scène a rigidity that makes for a certain dryness. Such severity, as one might guess, is not for me. Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Oct 20, 2020
3.5/5
It's a gripping, framed familial saga of intergenerational misunderstandings, racial hang-ups, and eventually even a court-room drama. Go to Full Review
Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine Nov 11, 2019
The camera work, in improved widescreen CinemaScope, is handsome. Go to Full Review
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Theodore W Oct 29, 2018 A western, a family drama and more !
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Edward Dmytryk

Director

Spencer Tracy

Matt Devereaux

Robert Wagner

Joe Devereaux

Jean Peters

Barbara

Richard Widmark

Ben Devereaux

Katy Jurado

Señora Devereaux

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Broken Lance

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Synopsis A patriarchal rancher's empire is threatened by conflict within his family. On the day of his release from prison, the son of a cattle baron swears vengeance on his three half-brothers responsible for dispossessing him of his inheritance and driving his father to a fatal stroke. The ensuing story unfolds in flashback, tracing the sibling rivalries that led to the man's imprisonment.
Director
Edward Dmytryk
Producer
Sol C. Siegel
Screenwriter
Richard Murphy
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Twentieth Century Fox
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 25, 1954, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Runtime
1h 36m
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