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Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado: Directed by Earl Bellamy. With Howard Duff, Victor Jory, Margaret Field, Angela Stevens. While doing a good deed, the title hero has to shoot a man in self defense, and go into hiding.
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- Western
- Earl Bellamy
- 1956-04-01
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.
When the stage stops at the Oxhorn, New Mexico relay station, the brother of cattle baron Jared Tetlow tries to incite a gunfight with Jaime Brigo, prompting Brigo's friend, Tom Ketchum, a notorious gunslinger nicknamed "Blackjack Ketchum," to shoot Tetlow in order to save Brigo.
- Earl Bellamy, Floyd Joyer
- Howard Duff
Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado (1956) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
A former gunslinger comes to the aid of ranchers battling a murderous land baron. Earl Bellamy. Director.
Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado 1956 1h 16m Western List Reviews A gunfighter (Howard Duff) wants peace in the valley, but a cattle baron (Victor Jory) and his brothers want war.
- Western
While doing a good deed, the title hero has to shoot a man in self defense, and go into hiding. His peace is interrupted when a cattle baron rides into his territory, and decides to settle there. When no locals want to sell, Jared Tetlow turns to murdering the locals with his hired gun Dee Havalik, and starting a range war.
