- Silver Lode (1954 film)
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name = Silver Lode
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director =Allan Dwan
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starring = John PayneLizabeth Scott Dan Duryea
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released = 1954
runtime = 81 min.
country =U.S.A.
language = English
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imdb_id = 0047495"Silver Lode" is a color 1954 western film directed by
Allan Dwan .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 Ned McCarthy (Dan Duryea) and his deputies ride into town looking for Ballard. McCarthy 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 McCarthy, who appears to be a reference to SenatorJoseph McCarthy .Cast
*John Payne as Dan Ballard
*Lizabeth Scott as Rose Evans
*Dan Duryea as Ned McCarthy
*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 WickersExternal links
*imdb title|id=0047495|title=Silver Lode
* [http://www.jacknilan.com/senatorjoe/silverlode.html The film's entry at "McCarthyism and the Movies"]
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