The Duel at Silver Creek
The Duel at Silver Creek is a 1952 American Western film directed by Don Siegel; his first film in the Western genre. It starred Stephen McNally, Audie Murphy and Faith Domergue.[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]
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| Directed by | Don Siegel |
| Screenplay by | Gerald Drayson Adams Joseph Hoffman |
| Story by | Gerald Drayson Adams |
| Produced by | Leonard Goldstein |
| Starring | Stephen McNally Audie Murphy Faith Domergue |
| Cinematography | Irving Glassberg |
| Edited by | Russell F. Schoengarth |
| Music by | Herman Stein (uncredited) Joseph Gershenson (musical direction) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.25 million (US rentals)[1] |
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 – The Silver Kid
- Faith Domergue as Opal Lacey
- Stephen McNally as Marshal Lightning Tyrone (as Stephen Mc.Nally)
- Susan Cabot as Jane "Dusty" Fargo
- Gerald Mohr as Rod Lacey
- Eugene Iglesias as Johnny Sombrero
- James Anderson as Rat Face Blake (as Kyle James)
- Walter Sande as Pete Fargo
- Lee Marvin as "Tinhorn" Burgess
- George Eldredge as Jim Ryan – Bartender
- Griff Barnett as Dan 'Pop' Muzik
Reception
Quentin Tarantino called it "a very well conceived and executed picture, as well as being obviously a Siegel picture."[5]
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
- Tarantino, Quentin (December 24, 2019). "The Shootist". New Beverly Cinema.
External links
- The Duel at Silver Creek at IMDb
- The Duel at Silver Creek at the American Film Institute Catalog
- The Duel at Silver Creek at the TCM Movie Database
- The Duel at Silver Creek at Letterboxd