Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1954-09-25) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 1 nomination total |
| Screen: | Richard Murphy, Philip Yordan |
| Productions: | 20th Century Fox |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | Español, English |
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Casts
- 12147: Spencer Tracy - Matt Devereaux
- 9208: Robert Wagner - Joe Devereaux
- 19216: Jean Peters - Barbara
- 12149: Richard Widmark - Ben Devereaux
- 4069: Katy Jurado - Señora Devereaux
- 39753: Hugh O'Brian - Mike Devereaux
- 94070: Eduard Franz - Two Moons
Crews
- 64114: Edward Dmytryk - Director - Directing
- 83905: Richard Murphy - Screenplay - Writing
- 85453: Philip Yordan - Story - Writing
- 11438: Sol C. Siegel - Producer - Production
- 8502: Darryl F. Zanuck - Executive Producer - Production
- 30288: Joseph MacDonald - Director of Photography - Camera
- 14962: Dorothy Spencer - Editor - Editing
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John Chard
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Edward Dmytryk Crafts The Western King Lear. With both it being based on Shakespeare's King Lear and being a Western remake of Joseph L. Mankiewicz's tasty film noir, House of Strangers, Broken Lance had fine sources from which to work from. Throw in to the mixer that it stars Spe ....
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