Backlash
6.6
“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.
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Cast
30 people
Richard Widmark
Jim Slater
Known for
Judgment at Nuremberg
Pickup on South Street
Donna Reed
Karyl Orton
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
From Here to Eternity
William Campbell
Johnny Cool
Known for
Dementia 13
Man Without a Star
John McIntire
Jim Bonniwell / William Slater
Known for
Psycho
Turner & Hooch
Barton MacLane
Sergeant George Lake
Known for
I Dream of Jeannie
The Maltese Falcon
Harry Morgan
Tony Welker
Known for
M*A*S*H
High Noon
Robert J. Wilke
Jeff Welker
Known for
Days of Heaven
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Jack Lambert
Benton
Known for
The Killers
Kiss Me Deadly
Roy Roberts
Major Carson
Known for
House of Wax
He Walked by Night
Edward Platt
Sheriff J.C. Marson
Known for
Get Smart
North by Northwest
Robert Foulk
Sheriff John F. Olson
Known for
Rebel Without a Cause
The Love Bug
Phil Chambers
Deputy Sheriff Dobbs
Known for
The Mole People
John Sturges Director · Borden Chase Screenplay Frank Gruber Author
Worldwide gross $1.6M · Budget $1M · United States release March 14, 1956
Box office
Budget
$1,025,000
Worldwide gross
$1,600,000
Gross vs. budget
1.6×
Production
Universal International Pictures
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · March 14, 1956
Premiere · Houston, Texas
United States · March 14, 1956
Limited theatrical · Los Angeles, California
United States
April 11, 1956 · Theatrical
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