Silver Lode (film)
| Silver Lode | |
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| Directed by | Allan Dwan |
| Produced by | Benedict Bogeaus |
| Starring | John Payne Lizabeth Scott Dan Duryea |
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Running time | 81 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Silver Lode is a color 1954 western film directed by Allan Dwan. It was filmed in Technicolor and released by RKO.
Plot
The film, with a similar plot to High Noon, tells the story of Dan Ballard (John Payne) and Rose Evans (Lizabeth Scott) who are about to be married when Marshal Fred McCarty (Dan Duryea) and his deputies ride into town looking for Ballard. McCarty accuses Ballard of having murdered his brother and has come to arrest him.
At first, the townspeople are on Ballard's side, but gradually they turn against him, especially when they believe that he has killed the town sheriff (Emile Meyer). Ballard tries to prove his innocence and expose McCarty (who appears to be a veiled reference to Senator Joseph McCarthy).
Cast
- John Payne as Dan Ballard
- Lizabeth Scott as Rose Evans
- Dan Duryea as Fred McCarty
- Dolores Moran as Dolly
- Emile Meyer as Sheriff Wooley
- Robert Warwick as Judge Cranston
- John Hudson as Michael 'Mitch' Evans
- Harry Carey Jr. as Johnson
- Alan Hale Jr. as Kirk
- Stuart Whitman as Wickers
References
- ^ "Silver Lode: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
External links
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