Backlash

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!

Category: Western
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.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1956-03-14
Run time: 84 minute / 1:24
Budget: $1,025,000
Director: John Sturges
Writer: Borden Chase
Production Company : Universal International Pictures
Production Country: United States of America

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

Directing
John Sturges Director

Editing
Sherman Todd Editor

Writing
Frank Gruber Novel

Production
Aaron Rosenberg Producer

Sound
Leslie I. Carey Sound

Costume & Make-Up
Joan St. Oegger Hairstylist

Sound
Joseph Gershenson Music Supervisor
Corson Jowett Sound
Herman Stein Music

Directing
John Sherwood Assistant Director

Art
Alexander Golitzen Art Direction

Costume & Make-Up
Rosemary Odell Costume Design

Art
Eric Orbom Art Direction
Ray Jeffers Set Decoration

Camera
Irving Glassberg Director of Photography

Art
Russell A. Gausman Set Decoration

Costume & Make-Up
Bud Westmore Makeup Artist





















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