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 the novel Kilkenny by Louis L'Amour.

Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado
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Directed byEarl Bellamy
Screenplay byLuci Ward
Jack Natteford
Luci Ward
Based onnovel by Louis L'Amour
Produced bySam Katzman
StarringHoward Duff
Victor Jory
CinematographyFred Jackman, Jr.
Edited bySaul A. Goodkind
Color processBlack and white
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Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • April 1, 1956 (1956-04-01)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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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.

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