The Duel at Silver Creek
| The Duel at Silver Creek | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Don Siegel |
| Produced by | Leonard Goldstein |
| Written by |
Gerald Drayson Adams Joseph Hoffman |
| Starring |
Audie Murphy Faith Domergue Stephen McNally Susan Cabot |
| Cinematography | Irving Glassberg |
| Edited by | Russell F. Schoengarth |
Production company |
Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.25 million (US rentals)[1] |
The Duel at Silver Creek is a 1952 American Technicolor Western film directed by Don Siegel; his first film in the Western genre. It starred Audie Murphy, Faith Domergue, Stephen McNally and Susan Cabot.[2] It was the first time Murphy had appeared in a film where he played a character who was good throughout the movie.[3] The working titles of the film were Claim Jumpers and Hair Trigger Kid[4].
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, also known as The Silver Kid
- Faith Domergue as Opal Lacey
- Stephen McNally as Marshal Lightning Tyrone
- Susan Cabot as Jane "Dusty" Fargo
- Gerald Mohr as Rod Lacey
- Eugene Inglesias as Johnny Sombrero
- Kyle James as "Rat Face" Blake
- Walter Sande as Pete Fargo
- Lee Marvin as Tinhorn Burgess
- George Eldredge as Jim Ryan
- Griff Barnett as Dan "Pop" Muzik
References
- ↑ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
- ↑ The Duel at Silver Creek at Audie Murphy Memorial Site
- ↑ Don Graham, No Name on the Bullet: The Biography of Audie Murphy, Penguin, 1989 p 228
- ↑ p. 63 Larkins, Bob & Magers, Boyd The Films of Audie Murphy McFarland, 19 Aug 2009