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Broken Sabre

1965 · 89 min

A sturdy, plain-spoken frontier yarn about a wronged man clearing his name, easy to settle into and faintly melancholy.

Tagline
The Branded Man of Bitter Creek... takes on the whole wild west to prove them wrong!
Overview
Western about a West Point graduate who was falsely accused of cowardice and thrown out of the army. Edited from episodes of the TV show "Branded".

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • redemption
  • isolation
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
western
Directed by
Bernard McEveety
Starring
Chuck Connors, Kamala Devi, Wendell Corey, Cesar Romero, John Carradine, Patrick Wayne
Runtime
89 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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