Backlash( 1956)

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Was The SIXTH MAN The Secret To The Five Empty Graves?...the Answer waited in a woman's lips and watched from the shadows of a frightened town!

Overview

Jim Slater's father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is searching for the one survivor, who supposedly went for help but disappeared with a lot of gold. In the process, he gets several people gunning for him, and he keeps meeting liberated woman Karyl Orton, who may be on a similar mission. Renewed Apache hostilities and an impending range war provide complications.

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Richard Widmark
Jim Slater
Donna Reed
Karyl Orton
William Campbell
Johnny Cool
John McIntire
Jim Bonniwell / William Slater
Barton MacLane
Sergeant George Lake
Harry Morgan
Tony Welker
Robert J. Wilke
Jeff Welker
Jack Lambert
Benton
Roy Roberts
Major Carson
Edward Platt
Sheriff J.C. Marson
Robert Foulk
Sheriff John F. Olson
Phil Chambers
Deputy Sheriff Dobbs
Gregg Barton
Sleepy
Fred Graham
Ned McCloud
Frank Chase
Cassidy
Chris Alcaide
Dick Lawrence (uncredited)
Walter Beaver
Little Willie (uncredited)
Wayne Burson
Soldier (uncredited)
Johnny Carpenter
Rider (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley
Pot Luck (uncredited)
Rex Lease
Sergeant Blane (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
John Maxwell
Colonel Welnick (uncredited)
John McKee
Harry, Deputy (uncredited)
Regis Parton
Deputy Sheriff Tom Welker (uncredited)
George Patterson
Townsman (uncredited)
William Phillips
Rebel, the Bartender (uncredited)
Lee Roberts
Fresno, Bonniwell Henchman (uncredited)
Glenn Strange
Milliken, Stage Driver (uncredited)
Jack Williams
Castro (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Fri Feb 10 2017

There's things a man has to know and has to do, and it's best that he does them alone. Backlash (1956) is directed by John Sturges and adapted by Borden Chase from the novel written by Frank Gruber. It stars Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, John McIntire & William Campbell. It's shot in Technicolor by Irving Glassberg on location in Tuscon, Arizona. 1870 Arizona, and Jim Slater (Widmark) is searching for the truth about what happened to his father during the Apache ambush at Gila Valley. This brings him into contact with strong willed Karyl Orton (Reed), who courtesy of her missing husband al...