Broken Lance
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Movie Reviews of Broken Lance
Movie Review: Excellent All-Star Western
Summary: 4 Stars
Broken Lance is a magnificently performed and directed Western that is truly King Lear on the prairie, but also has well-developed characters, excellent writing, excellent acting, and first rate location filming.
Spencer Tracy is the head of the Devereaux clan, a family that includes a Native American wife (played by Katy Jurado), a half-breed son with Jurado (played by Robert Wagner), and three sons from Tracy's first marriage (Richard Widmark, Hugh O'Brian, and Earl Holliman). Devereaux is very hard on the first three sons, but dotes on his other son and his wife. When a copper mine is found to be contaminating Devereaux's water supply, things come to a head.
The interaction between the family members seems genuine and rings true, unlike many other films. Tracy gives him usual brillant performance, and everyone else is great. Edward Dmytryk's direction sets the proper tone and mood for every scene. This is an extraordinarily good film, and one that's worth watching many, many times.
Movie Review: King Lear' s scent overflows this western!
Summary: 4 Stars
"Broken lance" is if I may an atypical western, because underneath his script lies the seminal premises of King Lear. A proud baron cattle (Spencer Tracy stealing the show, once more) married with an Indian wife (Katy Jurado, nominated for the Academy award as Best supporting actress for this role) has to deal with his greedy and bickering sons who will fight until the last consequences in order to surmount the legal barriers of the simple inheritance.
Widmark is outstanding too in this admirable western, that together with Warlock made of this talented director (brilliant in the Noir genre) redefined with notable mastery, the well known limits of this genre.
Movie Review: EDWARD DMYTRYK, OPUS 34
Summary: 4 Stars
***1/2 1954. This film, a remake of Joseph L. Mankiewicz's House of Strangers (Fox Film Noir) was directed by Edward Dmytryk. Academy award earned by Philip Yordan (screenplay) and a nomination by Katy Jurado (Supporting role). Description of the relation between an authoritarian father and his four sons. BROKEN LANCE is a true Fox classic with a little violence and a lot of psychological considerations. Spencer Tracy, Richard Widmark and Katy Jurado clearly outshine the rest of the cast, especially Robert Wagner who's as expressive as a stone. Recommended.Movie Review: I Have Been Waiting For The DVD Release
Summary: 4 Stars
I remember seeing this film in theatrical release and have always liked it. It seems to be "loaded" with the best, from director to actors. It has been on my "hope soon" list for release on DVD, so I am very pleased to see it. Okay, so Robert Wagner is a little wooden, but it doesn't detract from the story. Another movie in this vein is "House of Strangers" with Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward & Richard Conte. It is also a wonderful telling of the same story, done in black & white, only the family is in banking.Movie Review: CINEMASCOPE AT ITS BEST !!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is the way movies used to be photographed in Cinemascope ! Unfortunately all too often todays films seem to forget they are made for the wide screen and seem to be shot for the square tv screen with everything happening in the middle. This film has broad scope and wonderful scenery! Spencer tracey is great as usual and Robert Wagner looks like he does now except for a few wrinkles , some gray hair and a few more pounds! I enjoyed this movie and its grand spectacle greatly!!!