Sidney Poitier got a taste of the Western genre for the first time in Ralph Nelson’s 1966 feature “Duel at Diablo,” in which he starred opposite James Garner.

Duel at Diablo packs enough fast action in its cavalry-Indians narrative to satisfy the most avid follower of this type of entertainment. Produced with knowhow, and directed with a flourish by ...

Sidney Poitier was the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for best actor, ... (1965) or the former cavalry sergeant in “Duel at Diablo” (1966). ...

Smack in the middle of that period came Duel at Diablo, in which Poitier, teamed with James Garner, plays a formidable, if dandy-ish cowboy in a no-holds-barred western. Where to stream: Tubi ...

Duel at Diablo. 1966 • Movies ... Western with James Garner and Sidney Poitier. Violence/mature themes. (1966)(103 mins) Recommendations How to watch. More like this. Gunfight at Rio Bravo: Image.

Duel at Diablo (1966): I’m only guessing, but Poitier’s portrayal of a dandified, cigarillo-smoking cowboy here likely happened in part because the actor had decided that Black children had ...

Sidney Poitier, whose Academy Award ... (1965), Simon of Cyrene in “The Greatest Story Ever Told” (1965) or the former cavalry sergeant in “Duel at Diablo” (1966). ...

The Oprah Winfrey-produced documentary "Sidney," about the groundbreaking actor-director-activist, begs for a deeper exploration of Poitier's life.

Sidney Poitier, who died Friday, at 94, may well have been the last. ... “The Greatest Story Ever Told,” 1965), a western (“Duel at Diablo,” 1966). Such variety was a function of range.

Sidney Poitier is best remembered and ... and “Duel at Diablo” (1966). In both, Poitier dramatizes a self-awareness greater than that of his white co-star, Paul Newman in “Paris” and James ...