

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!"
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Budget
$1.0M
$1,025,000
Languages
English
Studio
Universal International Pictures
Key Crew

Borden Chase
Screenplay

John Sturges
Director
Cast

Richard Widmark
Jim Slater

Donna Reed
Karyl Orton

William Campbell
Johnny Cool

John McIntire
Jim Bonniwell / William Slater

Barton MacLane
Sergeant George Lake

Harry Morgan
Tony Welker

Robert J. Wilke
Jeff Welker

Jack Lambert
Benton

Roy Roberts
Major Carson

Edward Platt
Sheriff J.C. Marson

Robert Foulk
Sheriff John F. Olson

Phil Chambers
Deputy Sheriff Dobbs

Gregg Barton
Sleepy

Fred Graham
Ned McCloud

Frank Chase
Cassidy

Chris Alcaide
Dick Lawrence (uncredited)
Walter Beaver
Little Willie (uncredited)
Wayne Burson
Soldier (uncredited)

Johnny Carpenter
Rider (uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley
Pot Luck (uncredited)