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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!

6.5(51)19561h 24m2

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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Status
Released
Budget
$1M
Box office
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Language
English
  • based on novel or book
  • search
  • apache nation
  • native american
  • gunfight

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

John Sturges

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNRHouston, Texas14 Mar 1956
    • Theatrical (limited)NRLos Angeles, California 14 Mar 1956
    • TheatricalNR11 Apr 1956

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Backlash was released on 14 March 1956.

Audience reviews

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    John Chard

    2/10/2017

    7/10

    There's things a man has to know and has to do, and it's best that he does them alone. Backlash (1956) is directed by John Sturges and adapted by Borden Chase from the novel written by Frank Gruber. It stars Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, John McIntire & William Campbell. It's shot in Technicolor by Irving Glassberg on location in Tuscon, Arizona. 1870 Arizona, and Jim Slater (Widmark) is searching for the truth …

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    Wuchak

    3/8/2025

    6/10

    **_Colorful Western marred by eye-rolling 50’s Hollywood-isms_** After a man and a woman meet in Gila Valley in southern Arizona (Richard Widmark and Donna Reed), they eventually discern that they’re both looking for the mystery survivor of an Apache massacre who made off with a stolen fortune (John McIntire). “Backlash” (1956) has vibrant Southwestern locations and the staples of gunfights, stagecoaches, wrait…

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