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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.

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 Tom "Blackjack" Ketchum
• Victor Jory as Jared Tetlow
• Margaret Field as Nita Riordan (as Maggie Mahoney)
• Angela Stevens as Laurie Webster
• David Orrick McDearmon as Bob Early (as David Orrick)
• William Tannen as Dee Havalik
• Ken Christy as Sheriff Macy
• Martin Garralaga as Jaime Brigo
• Robert Roark as Ben Tetlow
• Don Harvey as Mac Gill (as Don C. Harvey)
• Pat O'Malley as Doc Blaine
• Jack Littlefield as Burl Tetlow
• Sidney Mason as Matt Riordan

References

External links

• Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado at IMDb
• Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado at the TCM Movie Database