Before ‘Yellowstone,’ James Stewart’s Oscar-Nominated Western Became a 2-Part Sleeper Hit

Very few actors had quite the reputation and range that Jimmy Stewart did, with the actor crossing into nearly every major genre during his career. But aside from the likes of It's a Wonderful Life and Rear Window, perhaps the most prolific genre of the movie star's career was the American Western, a type of motion picture that idealized the Old West while often analyzing modern issues. One such Western was the 1950 picture Broken Arrow, which jumped leaps and bounds ahead of its contemporaries when it came to representing Native American peoples in a positive light.