Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado

Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado is a 1956 American Western film directed by Earl Bellamy and starring Howard Duff and Victor Jory. It was based on a novel Kilkenny by Louis L'Amour https://www.louislamour.com/movies/filmography.html The film has been released on DVD through filmclassics.com.au.

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 Ketchum
• Margaret Field as Nita (billed as Maggie Mahoney)
• Victor Jory as Jared
• Angela Stevens as Laurie

References[]

External links[]

• Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado at IMDb
• Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado at the TCM Movie Database
• Review of film at Variety

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