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!”
Synopsis
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.
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Principal cast & crew: 17
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Edited by Sherman ToddShot by Irving GlassbergScored by Herman Stein
Box Office
1956 · Box office
Produced on a $1.0M budget
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$1.0M
Also known as
- Das Geheimnis der fünf Gräberde
- El Sexto Fugitivoes
- Coup de fouet en retourfr
- La frustatait
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Cast & Crew
17 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Richard Widmark
as Jim Slater
Donna Reed
as Karyl Orton
William Campbell
as Johnny Cool
John Mcintire
as Jim Bonniwell aka William Slater
Barton Maclane
as Sgt. George Lake
Harry Morgan
as Tony Welker
Robert J Wilke
as Jeff Welker
Jack Lambert
as Mike Benton
Roy Roberts
as Maj. Carson
Edward Platt
as Sheriff J.C. Marson
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