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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!

NR 1956 · 84 min · ★ 6.5 · Western

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.

Directed by John Sturges · Written by Borden Chase

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Richard Widmark Jim Slater
Donna Reed Karyl Orton
William Campbell Johnny Cool
John McIntire Jim Bonniwell / William Slater
Barton MacLane Sergeant George Lake
Harry Morgan Tony Welker
Robert J. Wilke Jeff Welker
Jack Lambert Benton
Roy Roberts Major Carson
Edward Platt Sheriff J.C. Marson
Robert Foulk Sheriff John F. Olson
Phil Chambers Deputy Sheriff Dobbs

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