''Broken Arrow'' is a

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which ran on ABC-TV in

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from 1956 through 1958 on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. Eastern time. Repeat episodes were shown by ABC on Sunday afternoons during the 1959-60 TV season and in an early evening timeslot Sunday evenings from April to September 1960.

Synopsis

The cowboys and Indians got together to battle injustice in this Western, which starred

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as Indian agent

Tom Jeffords Thomas Jefferson Jeffords (January 1, 1832 – February 19, 1914) was a United States Army scout, Indian agent, prospector, and superintendent of overland mail in the Arizona Territory. His friendship with Apache leader Cochise was instrument ...

and

Michael Ansara Michael George Ansara (April 15, 1922 – July 31, 2013) was an American actor. He portrayed Cochise in the television series '' Broken Arrow'', Kane in the 1979–1981 series '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'', Commander Kang in ''Star Trek ...

Apache The Apache () are a group of culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, which include the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Mimbreño, Ndendahe (Bedonkohe or Mogollon and Nednhi or Carrizaleño an ...

Chief

Cochise Cochise (; Apache: ''Shi-ka-She'' or ''A-da-tli-chi'', lit.: ''having the quality or strength of an oak''; later ''K'uu-ch'ish'' or ''Cheis'', lit. ''oak''; June 8, 1874) was leader of the Chihuicahui local group of the Chokonen and principa ...

. Jeffords was originally an army officer given the assignment of getting the

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safely through Apache territory in

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. Adopting the novel approach of making friends with the Indians instead of shooting at them, Jeffords soon became

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to Cochise. Together they fought both renegades from the Chiricahua Reservation and dishonest "white eyes" who preyed upon the Indians. The show was based on the 1947 novel ''Blood Brother'', by

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, which had been made into a film in 1950, starring

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as Tom Jeffords and

Jeff Chandler Jeff Chandler (born Ira Grossel; yi, יראַ גראָססעל; December 15, 1918 – June 17, 1961) was an American actor, film producer, and singer, best remembered for playing Cochise in '' Broken Arrow'' (1950), for which he was nom ...

playing as Cochise.

Episodes

Season 1 (1956–57)

Season 2 (1957–58)

References

Sources

*Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, ''

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Broken Arrow 1950s Western (genre) television series 1956 American television series debuts 1958 American television series endings American Broadcasting Company original programming Black-and-white American television shows Television shows based on American novels Television series by 20th Century Fox Television Television shows set in Arizona Television shows set in Tucson, Arizona Television shows about Native Americans