There are several reasons why Broken Arrow is better than your average Western. James Stewart is better than your average Western hero, Debra Paget is smoking hot; hotter than most of those broken down bar girls featured in most Westerns, and Jeff Chandler has the role of his career as Cochise (a role he was so good at; they featured him TWICE in TWO films about Cochise). The cinematography is gorgeous, and the production values are fairly decent. I recommend this tale of Cochise and Tom Jeffords (actual historical figures) with creative film license.