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Backlash

Name: Backlash
Genre: Western
Released: 1956-03-14
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 6.52

★ 6,5 /10 (51 Votes)

1956 EN 84 min

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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14/03/1956

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Western

Status

Released

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Runtime

84 min

Budget

$1,025,000

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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)

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Walter Beaver

Little Willie (uncredited)

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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)

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Jack Williams

Castro (uncredited)

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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 a…

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**_Colorful Western marred by eye-rolling 50’s Hollywood-isms_** After a man and a woman meet in Gila Valley in southern Arizona (Richard Widmark and Donna Reed), they eventually discern that they’re both looking for the mystery survivor of an Apache massacre who made off with a stolen fortune (John McIntire). “Backlash” (1956) has vibrant Southwestern locations and the staples of gunfights, stagecoaches, wraith-like Indian attacks, a salty calvary sergeant (Barton MacLane), saloons and a brash punk gunfighter (William Campbell). Speaking of the latter, it’s entertaining seeing diminutiv…

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