| Silver Lode | |
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| Directed by | Allan Dwan |
| Produced by | Benedict Bogeaus |
| Starring | John Payne Lizabeth Scott Dan Duryea |
| Release date(s) | 1954 |
| Running time | 81 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
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 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 reference to Senator Joseph McCarthy. It was filmed in Technicolor and released by RKO.