The Broken Land is a 1962 CinemaScope DeLuxe Western film directed by John A. Bushelman, and starring Kent Taylor, Diana Darrin and Jack Nicholson.

[2] The film is about a cowboy who rides into a small town that is ruled with an iron fist by a corrupt sheriff.

He becomes involved with a pretty young town girl and some residents who are trying to oust the sheriff, resulting in a robbery, a murder and his being pursued by a vengeful posse.

Reviewing the film in 2015 for the cinephile website Once Upon a Time in a Western, Mark Franklin wrote:Some folks will likely want to watch this because of Nicholson's involvement.

As the female lead, this was an unusually large role for Diana Darrin, who normally wound up in supporting parts.