Broken Arrow (1950) was ahead of its time in portraying Native American issues positively ... and friendship between Tom Jeffords and Apache chief Cochise (played in the picture by James Stewart ...

Deep into the territory of the great Apache chief, Cochise, the demoted Civil War general, Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday, reports for duty as a commanding officer at the remote U.S. cavalry ...

Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his ...