Backlash (1956)
- Directed by
- John Sturges
- Genre
- Western film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 51 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man searches for the truth about a missing gunslinger in the Old West. He encounters a cast of shady characters who either help or hinder him along the way.
tensemysteriousgrittynoirishbroodingunconventionalpsychologicalslow-burn
What happens
Backlash is a 1956 American Western film directed by John Sturges and starring Richard Widmark, Donna Reed and William Campbell. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was directed by John Sturges (with whom Widmark would also make another Western The Law and Jake Wade) and unfolds in the vein of the psychological Western (a subgenre that has yielded many films, e.g. those of Anthony Mann, with whose films this bears comparison). It delivers an unconventional story, written by Borden Chase, that sometimes crosses into film noir, as a colorful cast of supporting characters help or hinder the protagonist during the unfolding of its central mystery. Backlash was filmed on location at Old Tucson Studios. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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