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Duel at Diablo

Duel at Diablo

Yesterday they fought each other – today they fight together in a dead end canyon called Diablo!

19666.31h 45m

Overview

In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Native wife, and a housewife abandons her husband to rejoin her Apache lover's tribe.

Directed by Ralph Nelson
Written by Michael M. Grilikhes, Marvin H. Albert
Produced by Fred Engel, Ralph Nelson, James Garner
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Top Cast

James Garner

James Garner

Jess Remsberg

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Toller

Bill Travers

Bill Travers

Scotty McAllister

Bibi Andersson

Bibi Andersson

Ellen Grange

Dennis Weaver

Dennis Weaver

Willard Grange

William Redfield

William Redfield

Sgt. Ferguson

John Hoyt

John Hoyt

Chata

John Crawford

John Crawford

Clay Dean

Ralph Nelson

Ralph Nelson

Col. Foster

John Hubbard

John Hubbard

Maj. Novak

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookapache nationintermarriagenative americanduelillegitimate son

About Duel at Diablo

Duel at Diablo is a western film released in 1966 exploring themes of based on novel or book, apache nation, intermarriage, native american, duel, illegitimate son. Directed by Ralph Nelson, it stars James Garner, Sidney Poitier, Bill Travers. In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Native wife, and a housewife abandons her husband to rejoin her Apache lover's tribe.

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