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Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado

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'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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