Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado
{{Short description|1956 film by Earl Bellamy}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado
| image = File:Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Earl Bellamy
| producer = Sam Katzman
| screenplay = Luci Ward
Jack Natteford
Luci Ward
| based_on = novel by Louis L'Amour
| starring = Howard Duff
Victor Jory
| cinematography = Fred Jackman, Jr.
| editing = Saul A. Goodkind
| color_process = Black and white
| studio = Sam Katzman Productions
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{film date|1956|4|1|}}
| runtime = 76 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado is a 1956 American western film directed by Earl Bellamy and starring Howard Duff and Victor Jory. It was based on the novel Kilkenny by Louis L'Amour.
Plot
When a friend in New Mexico is about to be shot, Tom Ketchum draws his gun and kills the brother of Jared Tetlow, a wealthy cattleman. Tom goes to a ranch run by Nita Riordan and her father, where a relationship begins and marriage is discussed.
Tetlow returns, learns from Laurie Webster about the shooting and vows to get vengeance against the man who killed his brother. A cattle war begins as well, but law and order prevails and Tom decides to stay and settle down.
Cast
- Howard Duff as Tom "Blackjack" Ketchum
- Victor Jory as Jared Tetlow
- Margaret Field as Nita Riordan (as Maggie Mahoney)
- Angela Stevens as Laurie Webster
- David Orrick McDearmon as Bob Early (as David Orrick)
- William Tannen as Dee Havalik
- Ken Christy as Sheriff Macy
- Martin Garralaga as Jaime Brigo
- Robert Roark as Ben Tetlow
- Don Harvey as Mac Gill (as Don C. Harvey)
- Pat O'Malley as Doc Blaine
- Jack Littlefield as Burl Tetlow
- Sidney Mason as Matt Riordan
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0049016}}
- {{AFI film|51763}}
- {{TCMDb title|68967}}
{{Louis L'Amour}}
{{Sam Katzman}}
Category:1956 Western (genre) films
Category:American Western (genre) films
Category:Films based on American novels
Category:Films based on works by Louis L'Amour
Category:Films directed by Earl Bellamy
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:1950s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
Category:Films produced by Sam Katzman
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