Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado

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Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Earl Bellamy
Screenplay byLuci Ward
Jack Natteford
Luci Ward
Based onnovel by Louis L'Amour
Produced by Sam Katzman
Starring Howard Duff
Victor Jory
Cinematography Fred Jackman, Jr.
Edited bySaul A. Goodkind
Color process Black and white
Production
company
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • April 1, 1956 (1956-04-01)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.

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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.

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