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
References
External links
The film's entry at "McCarthyism and the Movies"