
Duel at Diablo(1966)
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.


“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!”
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.

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
Backlash is a western film released in 1956 exploring themes of based on novel or book, search, apache nation, native american, gunfight. Directed by John Sturges, it stars Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, William Campbell. 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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