Duel at Diablo

Duel at Diablo

1966 · 104 min · EN · NR · 6.3 (85 votes)
Dir. Ralph Nelson · Starring James Garner, Sidney Poitier, Bill Travers, Bibi Andersson, Dennis Weaver, William Redfield · Music Neal Hefti

Yesterday they fought each other – today they fight together in a dead end canyon called Diablo!

Western

While crossing the desert, a frontier scout, Jess Remsberg, rescues Ellen Grange from a pursuing band of Apaches, and returns her to her husband, Willard Grange. He is contracted to act as a scout for an Army cavalry unit. Willard, Ellen, and her infant son are along for the ride, as is horse trader Toller, a veteran of the 10th Cavalry. The party is trapped in a canyon by Chata, an Apache chief and grandfather of Ellen's baby. Willard is captured and tortured. Jess sneaks away and brings reinforcements just in time to save the day. Jess learns that the man he has been hunting is none other than Willard Grange.

VIBE

A dusty, sun-baked Western that feels as vast and unforgiving as the desert landscape. It's a stoic, tense journey of survival and conflicted loyalties, steeped in the harsh realities of the frontier.

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