screenshots / The Broken Chain / 1993 Turner Entertainment


Made-for-television film based on a true story of two Iroquois brothers whose loyalties become divided in the midst of the Revolutionary War.

Directed by Lamont Johnson and starring Eric Schweig, Wes Studi, Pierce Brosnan, J.C. White Shirt, Graham Greene and Michael Spears.

Eric Schweig previously portrayed Uncas in The Last of the Mohicans (1992) along with Wes Studi who was cast in the role of Magua.

This was the first of two film credits for J.C. White Shirt, the other being the 1996 made-for-television film Crazy Horse starring Michael Greyeyes.

Actor Michael Spears would later be cast in the first three episodes of the 2005 miniseries Into the West and the 2011 film Yellow Rock.

The production filmed in location in Virginia including both Williamsburg and Yorktown.

Premired on the TNT Network December 12, 1993.