Review of Broken Lance (1954) by James Joseph L — 17 Jul 2009
A good western with Spencer Tracy giving a heavyweight performance.
When you watch this movie you will see shades of many movies that quickly followed it. You can see how it influenced films such as Giant, The Big Country, East of Eden and possibly even the western series Bonanza.
It's not as good as The Big Country but Broken Lance does have it's moments of great cinema.
Tracy is a giant in this movie compared to ham acting of Richard Widmark, Earl Holliman and Robert Wagner.
It's worth a viewing just for Tracy's performance but there is also some fine cinematography along the way.
One criticism of this movie, it could have done with more action and a better score.
This review of Broken Lance (1954) was written by James Joseph L on 17 Jul 2009.
Broken Lance has generally received positive reviews.
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