Broken Arrow Page #6

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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Year:
1950
93 min
562 Views


How many rounds you got left?

Two.

One.

Those signal of Jeffords

did us a lot of good...

...a lot of good.

Listen!

Apaches protecting Americans!

I lived to see it!

Remember to talk about

it back in Tucson.

Twelve days.

I think it goes well.

There are many good signals.

It has gone well for twelve days.

I still wait to be glad.

Now you will forget

about peace and war.

Think only of your bride.

Is the ceremony a long one?

No...

...with us the ceremony of

love takes place here.

The rest is small.

Let the bride come here.

The time has come.

Let the groom take his

place beside her.

Your left hand.

Your right hand.

Kneel down upon the earth.

Now your blood mixes.

Now for you there is no rain...

...for one is shelter to the other.

Now for you there is no cold...

...for one is warmth to the other.

Now there is no loneliness...

...now forever,

there is no loneliness.

There are two bodies but now

there is but one blood in both.

Go now. Ride the white horses

to your secret place.

Look.

The evening is full and happy for us.

We will listen to the brook...

...all through the night.

And listen to the bells.

It's as though they are

singing in my heart.

Sixteen stones.

I know of the attack

on the stage coach.

It was Geronimo.

We trailed him two days but

he crossed into Mexico.

You did not follow?

We wanted to, but we did not.

Good...

...we will protect all the whites

leaving Tucson and Fort Bowie.

Also we will guard Apache Pass.

Let the whites break the peace.

It must not be Indians...

...not even bad Indians.

- You are asleep?

- No.

I'm quiet because I'm happy.

I'm afraid if I open my mouth,

my happiness will...

...will rush out in a

funny noise like...

...Yahoo!

What does that mean?

It is an American word?

I think Adam said it when he

opened his eyes and saw Eve.

Who are they?

Don't you know?

The world is so big and

I know so little.

Sometime...

...will you grow tired of me

and go back to your people?

That is a bad thought, Sonseeahray.

Never think it again.

You are my people.

Will you tell me that often?

Each day of our life together

I'll tell it to you.

I'll always remember the

moments of these days.

We will remember them together.

In the quiet of the nights

we will talk of them a little.

We will see our children ride

white horses, maybe.

I can do better myself.

By the time he is a grown man,

he will know how.

What is it?

I found this one up the canyon.

He had this.

I know this boy, Cochise.

Hello. You're Ben Slade's boy,

aren't you?

Yeah, Captain Jeffords. I've been

praying you'd be up here.

Keep calm. No one will hurt you.

Did you lose your way?

Not exactly.

You're the one who said these

Apaches wanted peace.

It's not peaceful when they steal.

What got stolen?

Two young colts of mine. Beauties.

Swiped night before last by Apaches.

I tracked them all day...

...followed their tracks

up the canyon.

I ended up out there

at dark last night.

Then that redskin

jumped me in the morning.

None of my people took them.

The boy lies.

Cochise.

I know this boy's father

hates the Apaches.

We have to show that he's wrong.

Maybe you have men like Geronimo

who would betray you.

You speak wisely.

I will see these horse signs.

All right, bub.

We'll mosey down and take a look.

See them yet, bub?

Right around here, Captain.

You call the boy 'bub'.

Is it his name?

No, it's just to be friendly.

Here they are, Captain.

Don't shoot till my boy

gets out of the way.

Cochise, they'll kill you. Run!

Get Cochise!

Run! Sonseeahray, run!

The big one is Cochise.

Somebody give me a gun.

Watch out, son,

you stay clear of this.

Slade, stay out of line.

We can't shoot.

He's out of arrows!

He got away! It's a bust!

Our whole plan's a bust!

I'm heading for Mexico.

The military will be after us, too.

What are you standing there for?

Come on.

Sonseeahray.

Sonsee...

No!

God!

Are you bad hurt?

She's dead, Cochise.

There is one who still lives.

Give me a knife and bring him to me.

It will not be done.

- Bring him to me!

- No.

It will not be done.

There are some things

a man cannot bear.

Do you hear me?

This peace is a lie!

They don't want peace!

It is not a lie. I will not

let you make it a lie.

Did you think peace would come easy?

You, who taught me so well.

Is it my brother who asks

me to spit on my word?

Why do you speak to me?

Speak to her!

When she hears, I'll hear.

You will hear me now!

You'll bear this.

This was not done by the military.

Geronimo broke the peace

no less than these whites.

As I bear the murder of my people,

so you will bear...

...the murder of your wife.

I am Cochise! I do not betray

my people or their children.

No none on my territory

will open war again.

Not even you.

I have given my permission.

They wanted to see you.

Tom...

...we've come to pay

our respects, Tom.

Thank you, Milt.

We rounded up ever man

connected with the ambush.

They're going to pay

the full penalty for what they done.

Jeffords...

...nothing can compensate you for

the terrible thing that happened.

But your loss has brought our people

together in the will to peace.

Without that will, treaties are

worth little or nothing.

His words meant very little to

me then, but as time passed...

...I came to know that the

death of Sonseeahray...

...put a seal upon the peace.

From that day on,

wherever I went...

...in cities, among the Apaches,

in the mountains...

...I always remembered...

...my wife was with me.

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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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