Backlash (1956)

Director:

John Sturges

Writers:

Borden Chase (screenplay)
Frank Gruber (novel)

Release Date:

11 abril 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Mystery | Romance | Western

Frase comercial:

PAST APACE AMBUSH...PAST TREACHERY'S SILKEN NET!...Five Dead Men Led Jim Slater Down a Trail of No Return!

Plot:

Jim Slater seeks a survivor of the Apache ambush his father died in.

Plot Keywords:

Forgiveness | Father Son Relationship | Revenge | Male Female Relationship | Gold

Comentarios de los usuarios:

you may have to change your "10 best western" list.

Cast

Richard Widmark	...	Jim Slater
Donna Reed	...	Karyl Orton
William Campbell	...	Johnny Cool
John McIntire	...	Jim Bonniwell
Barton MacLane	...	Sergeant George Lake
Harry Morgan	...	Tony Welker
Robert J. Wilke	...	Jeff Welker
Jack Lambert	...	Mike Benton
Roy Roberts	...	Major Carson
Edward Platt	...	Sheriff J.C. Marson (as Edward C. Platt)
Robert Foulk	...	Sheriff John F. Olson
Phil Chambers	...	Deputy Sheriff Dobbs
Gregg Barton	...	Sleepy
Fred Graham	...	Ned McCloud
Frank Chase	...	Cassidy, Shotgun Rider

También conocida como:

Sexto fugitivo, El (Spain) [es]

Duración:

84 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Clasificación:

Finland:K-16 | West Germany:12 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Company:

Universal International Pictures (UI)

Quotes:

Jim Bonniwell: You know, I've never seen it fail. When you take a trigger-happy bunch sitting it out like this, somebody's bound to start fooling with his gun.

you may have to change your "10 best western" list.

I saw this film for the first time probably in 1957, and I remember thinking it was very good. I saw it yesterday and was enthusiastic, what an excellent film! I can understand the comment that states that it is the best western ever made, it is certainly among the best. Borden Chase wrote the screenplay and considering he also did Winchester 73 plus the other Anthony Mann's- James Stewart westerns plus Red River, no need to say more. John Sturges was at his best in the fifties (Black Rock, OK Corral, Fort Bravo) and no more proof of that than "Backlash". The story can be described as a "whodunnit" and no more said about that not to spoil the film. The love relationship between Widmark and Donna Reed is well built, and the scene where Donna takes of her shirt to help the wounded Widmark is very, very sexy. William Campbell is OK, but I thought he was better in "Man Without a Star". There are many action scenes, one at the beginning that reminded me of one at the end of "Winchester 73". Also a couple of showdowns. If you already made your "10 best westerns" list, see this one, and you may have to change it.