The Broken Star

Apr 1, 1956

1h 22m

★ 6.4

Behind his badge was the heart of an outlaw killer!

Overview

A deputy sheriff defies local ranchers to investigate a Mexican's murder.

Genres

Western

Romance

Production Companies

Bel-Air Productions

The Broken Star Trailers

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Cast

Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed

Howard Duff

Conchita Alvarado

Lita Baron

Deputy Marshal Bill Gentry

Bill Williams

Hiram Charleton

Douglas Fowley

Thornton W. Wills

Henry Calvin

Marshal Wayne Forrester

Addison Richards

Mrs. Trail

Dorothy Adams

Pepe

Vito Scotti

Nachez

Joe Dominguez

Messendyke

Joel Ashley

U.S Marshal Mike Donovan has dark memories of the death of his first love. He keeps peace between the Americans and the natives who had temporarily adopted and taken care of him. The evil actions of a white sorcerer lead him to confront the villain in the Sacred Mountains, and, through shamanic rituals conquer his fears and uncover a suppressed memory he would much rather deny.

6.8

Hang 'em High

Apr 12, 1968

Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list and starts dispensing his own brand of Wild West justice.

7.2

Pale Rider

Jun 28, 1985

A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.

5.0

Law Men

Apr 25, 1944

U.S. Marshals "Nevada" Jack McKenzie and "Sandy" Hopkins go undercover to bust a gang of stagecoach robbers in this vintage Western serial. Nevada infiltrates the gang, while Sandy works as a cobbler in town, keeping an ear open for local gossip as they try to flush out the inside man tipping off the crooks.

7.4

My Darling Clementine

Oct 17, 1946

Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They decide to take revenge on the culprits.

5.8

The Night of the Grizzly

Apr 20, 1966

Marshall "Big Jim" Cole turns in his badge and heads to Wyoming with his family in order to settle on some land left him by a relative. He faces opposition both from a neighbor who wants that land for his own sons, and from a grizzly bear nicknamed "Satan" who keeps killing Cole's livestock.

7.8

Rio Bravo

Mar 8, 1959

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.

6.6

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

May 27, 2007

Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is told through two unique perspectives: Charles Eastman, a young, white-educated Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of assimilation, and Sitting Bull the proud Lakota chief whose tribe won the American Indians’ last major victory at Little Big Horn.

7.1

Last Train from Gun Hill

Jul 29, 1959

A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for the rape and murder of his wife.

7.3

The Gunfighter

May 26, 1950

The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.

5.0

Red River Shore

Dec 15, 1953

When an oil discovery is reported at Paxton, Oklahoma, Marshal Rex Allen immediately suspects that where there is oil, there is trouble. Rex arrives just as a band of desperadoes stage a bank hold-up and escape with $25,000 which ranchers have invested in prospective oil drillings.

6.7

3 Godfathers

Dec 31, 1948

Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives.

6.2

Evil Roy Slade

Feb 18, 1972

Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade (John Astin) grew up alone—save for his teddy bear—and mean. As an adult, he is notorious for being the "meanest villain in the West"—so he's thrown for quite a loop when he falls for sweet schoolteacher Betsy Potter (Pamela Austin). There's also Nelson L. Stool (Mickey Rooney), a railroad tycoon, who, along with his dimwitted nephew Clifford (Henry Gibson), is trying to get revenge on Evil Roy Slade for robbing him.

6.1

Man with the Gun

Nov 5, 1955

A stranger comes to town looking for his estranged wife. He finds her running the local girls. He also finds a town and sheriff afraid of their own shadow, scared of a landowner they never see who rules through his rowdy sidekicks. The stranger is a town tamer by trade, and he accepts a $500 commission to sort things out.

4.8

South of Heaven, West of Hell

Jan 28, 2000

Valentine Casey is a Marshal in the desolate Tucson territory of the early 1900s. On Christmas Eve, his outlaw family pays him a disturbing visit. He must confront the sins of his past. He and his partner, U.S. Christmas, journey through the desert to a small town that the ruthless Henry Clan has hit in order to save Casey's love, Adelyne.

6.4

Bad Company

Oct 8, 1972

After Drew Dixon, an upright young man, is sent west by his religious family to avoid being drafted into the Civil War, he drifts across the land with a loose confederation of young vagrants.

6.7

Warlock

May 15, 1959

A band of murderous cowboys has imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. With the sheriff humiliatingly run out of town, the residents hire the services of Clay Blaisedell as de facto town marshal. He arrives along with his friend, Tom Morgan, and sets about restoring law and order on his own terms whilst also overseeing the establishment of a gambling house and saloon.

5.3

A Lawless Street

Nov 15, 1955

A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.