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Premiere:
June 25, 2006
# of Seasons: 1
# of Episodes: 2
Finale:
June 26, 2006
Original Title:
Broken Trail
Alternate Titles:
Broken Trail (2006)
Los Protectores
Megtört ösvény
Rastro Perdido
Genres:
Action & Adventure | Drama | Western
Countries:
US
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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Director of Photography:
Lloyd Ahern II
Editor:
Freeman A. Davies
Phil Norden
Executive Producer:
Robert Duvall
Rob Carliner
Stanley M. Brooks
Original Music Composer:
David Mansfield
Van Dyke Parks
Producer:
Walter Hill
Damian Ganczewski
Chad Oakes
Writer:
Alan Geoffrion
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