Duel at Diablo
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Original film poster by Frank McCarthy
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| Directed by | Ralph Nelson |
| Produced by |
Fred Engel Ralph Nelson |
| Written by | Marvin H. Albert |
| Screenplay by | Marvin H. Albert Michael M. Grilikhes |
| Based on | Apache Rising |
| Starring |
James Garner Sidney Poitier |
| Music by | Neal Hefti |
| Cinematography | Charles F. Wheeler |
| Edited by | Fredric Steinkamp |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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103 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,500,000 (US/ Canada) |
Duel at Diablo is a 1966 western film starring James Garner in his first Western since leaving Maverick and Sidney Poitier in his first Western. Based on Marvin H. Albert's 1957 novel Apache Rising, the film was written by Albert and Michael M. Grilikhes and directed by Ralph Nelson who had directed Poitier in Lilies of the Field. The supporting cast includes Bibi Andersson, Bill Travers, Dennis Weaver and John Hoyt; Ralph Nelson has a cameo as an Army Major. The movie was shot on location amidst striking scenery in Utah; the musical score was composed by Neal Hefti.
A frontier scout, Jess Remsberg (James Garner), is searching for the murderer of his Comanche wife. All he knows is that it was done by a white man. While crossing the desert he rescues Ellen Grange (Bibi Andersson) from a pursuing band of Apaches, and returns her to her businessman husband, Willard Grange (Dennis Weaver). The couple has lived apart for most of the previous two years, since Ellen Grange was kidnapped by Apaches. She had been rescued, but then voluntarily returned to the Apaches to live with the son of the chief.
Jess learns from his friend, Lt. "Scotty" McAllister (Bill Travers), an experienced army sergeant anxious for a promotion, that the town marshal at Fort Concho has information about Jess's murdered wife.
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