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Silver Lode is a 1954 American Technicolor Western film directed by Allan Dwan and starring John Payne, Lizabeth Scott and Dan Duryea.
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 on the Fourth of July 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
- Frank Sully as Paul Herbert, Telegrapher
- Morris Ankrum as Zachary Evans
- Hugh Sanders as Reverend Field
- Florence Auer as Mrs. Elmwood
- Roy Gordon as Dr. Elmwood
| Year | 1954 |
| ReleaseDate | 1954-07-23 |
| RuntimeMins | 81 |
| RuntimeStr | 1h 21min |
| Plot | In Silver Lode, Dan Ballard is arrested by 4 Marshals for murder and theft but he denies the charges and searches for the real culprit even as the townsfolk start abandoning him. |
| Directors | Allan Dwan |
| Writers | Karen DeWolf |
| Stars | John Payne, Lizabeth Scott, Dan Duryea |
| Produced by | Benedict Bogeaus |
| Music by | Louis Forbes,Howard Jackson |
| Cinematography by | John Alton |
| Film Editing by | James Leicester |
| Art Direction by | Van Nest Polglase |
| Set Decoration by | Charles S. Thompson |
| Production Management | Leon Chooluck |
| Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | Lee Lukather,Ralph Slosser |
| Sound Department | Waldon O. Watson |
| Stunts | Chuck Roberson |
| Costume and Wardrobe Department | Gwen Wakeling |
| Genres | Western |
| Companies | Benedict Bogeaus Production |
| Countries | USA |
| Languages | English |
| ContentRating | Approved |
| ImDbRating | 6.9 |
| ImDbRatingVotes | 2041 |
| Keywords | classical western,hated by jack tillmany in 2022 |