While the mob waits they match bullet for bullet… life for life!
Dan Ballard, a respected citizen in the western town of Silver Lode, has his wedding interrupted by four men led by Ned McCarty, an old acquaintance who, as a US Marshal, arrests Ballard for the murder of his brother and the theft of $20,000. Ballard seeks to stall McCarty while tracking down evidence that will prove his innocence.
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- John Chardon TMDB · Sep 20199/10
July 4th and the town of Silver Lode is about to be defined. Silver Lode is directed by Allan Dwan and written by Karen DeWolf. It stars John Payne, Lizabeth Scott, Dan Duryea, Dolores Moran and Emile Meyer. Music is by Louis Forbes and cinematography by John Alton. Dan Ballard (Payne) is a respected resident of the town Silver Lode, but on his wedding day Marshal Fred McCarty (Duryea) rolls into town looking to arrest him, accusing him of having murdered the Marshal's brother. The townsfolk refuse to accept the charge and stand up for Dan, and Dan loudly protests his innocence, but once suspicious mud is thrown it begins to stick and soon Dan finds himself running out of friends and is therefore forced to prove his innocence. Two things always pop up when the film Silver Lode is spoken about, one is the similarities to High Noon, the other is the veiled allegory of Senator McCarthy and his witch hunts. These are two things which are hard to ignore, though as a "British" lover of Westerns myself, the McCarthy politico aspect doesn't really resonate, but Silver Lode deserves to primarily be known for being the damn fine Western that it is. Fickle mob rule and knee jerk reactions dri
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Cast
- John PayneDan Ballard
- Lizabeth ScottRose Evans
- Dan DuryeaFred McCarty
- Dolores MoranDolly
- Emile MeyerSheriff Wooley
- Robert WarwickJudge Cranston
- John HudsonMichael 'Mitch' Evans
- Harry Carey Jr.Johnson
- Alan Hale Jr.Kirk
- Stuart WhitmanWicker
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- Allan DwanDirector
- Karen DeWolfScreenplay
- John AltonDirector of Photography
- Louis ForbesOriginal Music Composer
- Howard JacksonOriginal Music Composer
- James LeicesterEditor
- Benedict BogeausProducer
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