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.

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