The Duel at Silver Creek
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The Duel at Silver Creek is a 1952 American Western film directed by Don Siegel; his first film in the Western genre. It starred Stephen McNally, Audie Murphy and Faith Domergue. It was the first time Murphy had appeared in a film where he played a character who was good throughout the movie. The working titles of the film were Claim Jumpers and Hair Trigger Kid.

Plot

Luke Cromwell, aka the Silver Kid (Audie Murphy), loses his father to mining claim jumpers. He is deputised by Marshal Lightning Tyrone (Stephen McNally) of Silver City, who wants to defeat the claim jumpers. The two men fall for different women, Tyrone for the treacherous Opal Lacey (Faith Domergue), who is secretly in league with the claim jumpers, and Cromwell with tomboy Dusty Fargo (Susan Cabot) who pursues Lightning.

Cast

  • Audie Murphy as Luke Cromwell – The Silver Kid
  • Faith Domergue as Opal Lacey
  • Stephen McNally as Marshal Lightning Tyrone (as Stephen Mc. Nally)
  • Susan Cabot as Jane Dusty Fargo
  • Gerald Mohr as Rod Lacey
  • Eugene Iglesias as Johnny Sombrero
  • James Anderson as Rat Face Blake (as Kyle James)
  • Walter Sande as Pete Fargo
  • Lee Marvin as Tinhorn Burgess
  • George Eldredge as Jim Ryan – Bartender
  • Griff Barnett as Dan Pop Musik

Reception

Quentin Tarantino called it a very well conceived and executed picture, as well as being obviously a Siegel picture.

Year 1952
ReleaseDate 1952-09-05
RuntimeMins 77
RuntimeStr 1h 17min
Plot Marshal Tyrone and the Silver Kid form an uneasy alliance against a gang of claim jumpers.
Directors Don Siegel
Writers Gerald Drayson Adams, Joseph Hoffman
Stars Audie Murphy, Faith Domergue, Stephen McNally
Produced by Leonard Goldstein,Ross Hunter
Music by Herman Stein
Cinematography by Irving Glassberg
Film Editing by Russell F. Schoengarth
Art Direction by Alexander Golitzen,Bernard Herzbrun
Set Decoration by Russell A. Gausman,Joseph Kish
Makeup Department Joan St. Oegger,Bud Westmore,Nick Marcellino,Merle Reeves,Monty Westmore
Production Management Edward Dodds
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Herbert S. Greene,Ronald R. Rondell
Sound Department Leslie I. Carey,Corson Jowett,Frank Gorback,John Kemp
Stunts Carl Andre,Emile Avery,Wayne Burson,Johnny Carpenter,John Epper,Clem Fuller,Fred McDougall,Carl Pitti,Boyd Stockman,James Van Horn,Sailor Vincent,Henry Wills,Jack N. Young
Camera and Electrical Department Everett Brown,Les Burnette,Norton Kurland,Art Losey,Kyme Meade,Lew Swartz,Charles Termini,Harry L. Wolf
Costume and Wardrobe Department Bill Thomas,Molly S. Briggs,David Preston
Music Department Joseph Gershenson,Milton Rosen,Ethmer Roten,Miklós Rózsa,Hans J. Salter,Paul Sawtell,Walter Scharf,Frank Skinner,Leith Stevens
Script and Continuity Department Dorothy Hughes
Additional Crew William Fritzsche,Ellis Coleman,Jack Daniels,Gordon G. Jones
Genres Western
Companies Universal International Pictures (UI)
Countries USA
Languages English
ContentRating Approved
ImDbRating 6.3
ImDbRatingVotes 1681
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