Broken Trail

Synopsis

The story is about an aging cowboy and his nephew who transport 500 horses from Oregon to Wyoming to sell them to the British Army. Along the way, their simple horse drive is complicated when they rescue five Chinese girls from a slave trader, saving them from a life of prostitution and indentured servitude. Compelled to do the right thing, they take the girls with them as they continue their perilous trek across the frontier, followed by a vicious gang of killers sent by the whorehouse madam who originally paid for the girls. Broken Trail weaves together two historical events: the British buying horses in the American West in the late 19th century and Chinese women being transported from the West Coast to the interior to serve as prostitutes.

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Cast

Robert Duvall

Prentice Ritter

Thomas Haden Church

Tom Harte

Greta Scacchi

Nola Johns

Chris Mulkey

Big Ears

Rusty Schwimmer

Big Rump Kate

Gwendoline Yeo

Sun Foy 'aka' #3

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Valerie Tian

Ging Wa 'aka' #5

Olivia Cheng

Ye Fung 'aka' #4

Jadyn Wong

Ghee Moon 'aka' #1

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Donald Fong

Lung Hay

Peter Skagen

Colonial Bartender

Caroline Chan

Mai Ling 'aka' #2

James Russo

Captain Billy Fender

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Andrew Tomarin

Loop

David Trimble

Dink Yeatman

Scott Cooper

Gilpin

Crew

Art

• Ken Rempel Production Design
• Bill Ives Art Direction
• Paul Healy Set Decoration

Camera

• Lloyd Ahern II Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Debbie Vandelaar Makeup Department Head
• Tania El Zahr Key Makeup Artist
• Wendy Partridge Costume Design
• Kathleen Morley Assistant Costume Designer

Editing

• Freeman A. Davies Editor
• Phil Norden Editor

Production

• Robert Duvall Executive Producer
• Rob Carliner Executive Producer
• Stanley M. Brooks Executive Producer
• Damian Ganczewski Producer
• Walter Hill Producer
• Chad Oakes Producer
• Barbara Fiorentino Casting
• Rebecca Mangieri Casting
• Wendy Weidman Casting
• Heike Brandstatter Location Casting
• Jackie Lind Location Casting
• Coreen Mayrs Location Casting

Sound

• David Mansfield Original Music Composer
• Van Dyke Parks Original Music Composer
• Michael Playfair Production Sound Mixer
• Cory Mandel Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• James Porteous Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Kevin Howard Supervising Sound Effects Editor
• Richard Calistan ADR Editor
• Clive Turner Sound Effects Editor
• Jason MacNeill First Assistant Sound Editor
• Steve Copley Sound Editor
• Carl Sealove Music Editor
• John Sievert Foley Artist

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