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Broken Trail

THEY NEVER MEANT TO BE HEROES.

2006 · TV-14 · 1 season · 2 episodes

7.1

TMDB audience score
181 votes, out of 10

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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.

About 3h 4m to watch every episode. An estimate: 2 episodes at the latest episode runtime of 92 minutes.

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Main cast

  • Robert Duvall
    Prentice Ritter
    2 episodes

  • Thomas Haden Church
    Tom Harte
    2 episodes

  • Greta Scacchi
    Nola Johns
    2 episodes

  • Chris Mulkey
    Big Ears
    2 episodes

  • Rusty Schwimmer
    Big Rump Kate
    2 episodes

  • Gwendoline Yeo
    Sun Foy 'aka' #3
    2 episodes

  • Valerie Tian
    Ging Wa 'aka' #5
    2 episodes

  • Olivia Cheng
    Ye Fung 'aka' #4
    2 episodes

  • Jadyn Wong
    Ghee Moon 'aka' #1
    2 episodes

  • Donald Fong
    Lung Hay
    2 episodes

  • Peter Skagen
    Colonial Bartender
    2 episodes

  • Caroline Chan
    Mai Ling 'aka' #2
    2 episodes

  • James Russo
    Captain Billy Fender
    2 episodes

  • Andrew Tomarin
    Loop
    2 episodes

  • David Trimble
    Dink Yeatman
    2 episodes

  • Scott Cooper
    Gilpin
    2 episodes

Seasons