Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado

Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado
Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Earl Bellamy
Screenplay by	Luci Ward; Jack Natteford; Luci Ward
Based on	novel by Louis L'Amour
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Starring	Howard Duff; Victor Jory
Cinematography	Fred Jackman, Jr.
Edited by	Saul A. Goodkind
Color process	Black and white
Production; company	Sam Katzman Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	April 1, 1956;
Running time	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

External links

Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado at IMDb
Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado at the TCM Movie Database

This 1950s Western film–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article related to an American film of the 1950s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.