Backlash

Mar 14, 1956

1h 24m

★ 6.4

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.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

Backlash Trailers

Cast

Jim Slater

Richard Widmark

Karyl Orton

Donna Reed

Johnny Cool

William Campbell

Jim Bonniwell / William Slater

John McIntire

Sergeant George Lake

Barton MacLane

Tony Welker

Harry Morgan

Jeff Welker

Robert J. Wilke

Benton

Jack Lambert

Major Carson

Roy Roberts

Sheriff J.C. Marson

Edward Platt

Sheriff John F. Olson

Robert Foulk

Deputy Sheriff Dobbs

Phil Chambers

John Thornton, is a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure out how to travel the deadly 600 miles from Skagway to Dawson, Alaska in the icy winter. His incredibly dog Buck is by his side and part of how he survives.

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