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Backlash (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
80 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1956 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
John Sturges

Written By:
Borden Chase
Frank Gruber

Actors:
Richard Widmark ..... Jim Slater
Donna Reed ..... Karyl Orton
William Campbell ..... Johnny Cool
John McIntire ..... Jim Bonniwell
Barton MacLane ..... Sergeant George Lake
Harry Morgan ..... Tony Welker
Robert J. Wilke ..... Jeff Welker
Jack Lambert ..... Mike Benton
Roy Roberts ..... Major Carson
Edward Platt ..... Sheriff J.C. Marson (as Edward C. Platt)
Robert Foulk ..... Sheriff John F. Olson
Phil Chambers ..... Deputy Sheriff Dobbs
Gregg Barton ..... Sleepy
Fred Graham ..... Ned McCloud
Frank Chase ..... Cassidy, Shotgun Rider

Synopsis:

The breathtakingly beautiful Technicolor cinematography of Irving Glassberg is but one of the many small pleasures of the big-budget western Backlash. Set in post-Civil War Arizona, the film stars Richard Widmark as Jim Slater, who hopes to prove that his down-and-out father (John McIntire) was not involved in a gold robbery. To prove this, Slater has to find the money, which is also the goal of Karyl Orton (Donna Reed), the supposed widow of one of the thieves. Eventually, Slater discovers that his father is every bit as rotten as the law claims he is, though he can take some comfort in the fact that Karyl is now in love with him. As in his earlier Bad Day at Black Rock, Backlash director John Sturges is more concerned with building tension than with overt displays of wanton violence.

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.

Jim Slater seeks a survivor of the Apache ambush his father died in.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 13 May, 2008.

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