This film is interesting mainly because Howard Duff's character, for once a bad guy, and also the lead role. A rotten dirty "cop" sheriff character. I love this kind of lead roles, so unusual. You can easily compare with ONE FOOT IN HELL, where Alan Ladd was a sheriff seeking revenge on those who provoked the death of his wife. But in that western, 1960, he had more or less good reasons to do this. Here, Duff is only greedy, nasty, as I love - I repeat - from a lead character. From time to time, it's good isn't it? Or you can also compare it with Howard Koch's - the producer here - SHIELD FOR MURDER, a crime film where Ed O'Brien was also a cop using his shield to commit crimes, instead of a sheriff's star.
Review of The Broken Star
