Guide Note
Broken Trail is a joint American / Canadian made-for-television Western mini-series from director Walter Hill and starring Robert Duvall. It originally aired on the AMC cable television network and was the inaugural original movie for the network.
Fast Facts
- Premiere Date: June 25, 2006
- Executive Producers: Stanley M. Brooks, Rob Carliner, Robert Duvall
- Producers: Michael Frislev, Damian Ganczewski
- Director: Walter Hill
- Screenwriter: Alan Geoffrion
- Source Material: Broken Trail by Alan Geoffrion (novel)
- Cast: Robert Duvall, Thomas Haden Church, Greta Scacchi, Gwendoline Yeo
- Running Time: 184 minutes
- Distributor: Butcher's Run Films
- Network: AMC
- Awards: Emmy Award (2007)
Combining Elements of the Old West
Broken Trail draws on two factual situations -- the sale of horses to British soldiers and the Chinese human traffic trade -- and brings them into conflict with a man and his nephew attempting to get re-acquainted.
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