In this remake of the excellent 1949 film "House of Strangers," the genre is shifted from Film Noir to Western. Unfortunately, it turns into a rather routine oater about a feuding family that falls far short of the original. Tracy is fine as the patriarch, a role played by Edward G. Robinson in the earlier film. Widmark, O'Brian, Holliman, and Wagner play the sons with the last being Tracy's favorite, leading to family friction. Peters plays Wagner's love interest but their relationship lacks the spark and snappy dialog of Richard Conte and Susan Hayward in the first film. Jurado, as Tracy's Indian wife, has little to do except say, "my hose-bund."
Review of Broken Lance
