Broken Arrow Page #3

Synopsis: By 1870, there has been 10 years of cruel war between settlers and Cochise's Apaches. Ex-soldier Tom Jeffords saves the life of an Apache boy and starts to wonder if Indians are human, after all; soon, he determines to use this chance to make himself an ambassador. Against all odds, his solitary mission into Cochise's stronghold opens a dialogue. Opportunely, the president sends General Howard with orders to conclude peace. But even with Jeffords's luck, the deep grievance and hatred on both sides make tragic failure all too likely.
Director(s): Delmer Daves
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
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Rotten Tomatoes:
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Year:
1950
93 min
496 Views


...squeezed through.

Cochise didn't show his ugly face.

Are you sending your mail riders

with the military?

It'd take the Army and Navy.

No eastern mail has gone out

or come in for seven weeks.

The Apaches are shooting

my job right from under me.

Maybe there's a way to

get your mail through.

A new route?

Could I use this office

every afternoon for a while?

- What for?

- Juan.

Juan, I've got work for you.

I want to hire you for

maybe almost a moon.

I want you to teach me

to speak Apache good.

I want to learn about Apache spirits.

I want to learn about the Apache ways.

Apache in here.

No white man asks to learn

these things. Why do you?

I want to speak to Cochise.

Are you crazy, Tom?

Milt, I'm sick and tired

of being in the middle.

I'm tired of people like Lowrie,

Terry, and you...

...asking my position.

I've been willing to go

into Cochise's territory...

...to look for gold.

I've risked before.

Cochise will not speak

with white men.

We'll send up smoke signals.

He will not come to see you.

No, I want to go and see him.

- To his stronghold?

- That's right.

No white man's seen

Cochise in ten years...

- ...and lived to tell it.

- Once you could talk to him.

Don't try it, Tom.

The ants will eat your eyes.

That could happen any time.

Like the other day.

Juan, will you teach me?

I want to tell Cochise to

let the mail go through.

Maybe even about peace.

Yes...

...I will teach you, and for this

I will not take any dollars.

But I think it will end bad.

I think Cochise will kill you.

Milt, can we use the office?

It's your eyes.

Good enough. Apache eyes quick.

This says you come in peace.

They will doubt it but it'll

make them want to find out.

You've speak our language well.

You do not yet think

like an Apache...

...but you are close to.

Juan, you've been a good guide.

If I see Cochise...

...what grows from our talks

will be from you too.

Last night I heard an owl...

...the worst of all signs.

It is not yet too late.

Come back with me.

They will kill you.

I didn't hear the owl, Juan,

but thank you anyway.

Remember then:

...If you see him...

...do not lie to him.

Not in the smallest thing.

His eyes will see into your heart.

He is greater than other men.

I started into the canyons that

led into Cochise's country.

I never felt so lonely and

frightened in my life.

For three days I climbed

higher towards...

...the Apache stronghold.

On the third day...

...I was nearing the entrance

to the stronghold.

Juan had told me what to look for.

Cochise had given me

permission to enter.

I kept my hands visible...

...away from my weapons...

...and I tried to look at ease.

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Albert Maltz

Albert Maltz was an American playwright, fiction writer and screenwriter. He was one of the Hollywood Ten who were jailed in 1950 for their 1947 refusal to testify before the US Congress about their involvement with the Communist Party USA. more…

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