The Broken Land

The Broken Land
Directed by John A. Bushelman
Produced by Leonard A. Schwartz
Written by Edward J. Lakso
Starring Kent Taylor
Jack Nicholson
Diana Darrin
Music by Richard LaSalle
Cinematography Floyd Crosby
Edited by Carl Pierson[1]
Production
company
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date
  • April 2, 1962 (1962-04-02)
Running time
 70 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Broken Land is a 1962 CinemaScope DeLuxe Western film directed by John A. Bushelman, and starring Kent Taylor, Diana Darrin and Jack Nicholson.[2]

Plot summary

The film is about a cowboy who rides into a small town that is ruled with an iron fist by a corrupt sheriff. He becomes involved with a pretty young town girl and some residents who are trying to oust the sheriff, resulting in a robbery, a murder and his being pursued by a vengeful posse.

Cast

  • Kent Taylor as Marshal Jim Cogan
  • Diana Darrin as Mavera
  • Jody McCrea as Deputy Ed Flynn
  • Robert Sampson as Dave Dunson
  • Jack Nicholson as Will Brocious
  • Gary Sneed as Billy
  • Don Orlando as Frenchy Douchette
  • Helen Joseph as Ruth Flynn
  • H. Tom Cain as Mr. Flynn
  • Robert Hinkle as Dave
  • Bob Pollard

Production

The film was filmed at Apache Junction in Arizona during the summer of 1961. It was financed by Robert L. Lippert's Associated Producers. It gave an early role to Jack Nicholson. Nicholson later appeared in and wrote a number of films for Lippert, including Thunder Island and.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=19338
  2. ↑ BROKEN LAND, the. (1962, Monthly Film Bulletin, 29, 50. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/1305830569?accountid=13902
  3. ↑ McGilligan, Patrick (2015). Jack's Life: A Biography of Jack Nicholson. W. W. Norton & Company.


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