Tensions erupt within an Arizona cattle baron's household when his three sons vie for control of the ranch.
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Spencer Tracy
Matt Devereaux
Robert Wagner
Joe Devereaux
Jean Peters
Barbara
Richard Widmark
Ben Devereaux
Katy Jurado
Señora Devereaux
Hugh O'Brian
Mike Devereaux
Eduard Franz
Two Moons
Earl Holliman
Denny Devereaux
E.G. Marshall
Horace (The Governor)
Carl Benton Reid
Clem Lawton
Director
Edward Dmytryk
Screenplay
Richard Murphy
Tagline
"Fury of the West's Most Lawless Feud!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
20th Century Fox
John Chard
February 18, 2017
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 Spencer Tracy, Richard Widmark, Katy Jurado, Robert Wagner and Earl Holliman, and that Joseph MacDonald was director Ed...
CinemaSerf
May 1, 2026
I am not sure that the retrospective elements actually helped this gritty family drama, but the presence of Spencer Tracy adds the kind of gravitas to this film that he usually delivered - and that helps this to stand out from the crowd a little. He is the curmudgeonly rancher with four sons. Three, led by the disgruntled "Ben" (Richard Widmark) are the sons of his now deceased first wife; "Joe" (...
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