{"id":72976,"date":"2021-06-16T09:43:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T16:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72976"},"modified":"2023-09-16T09:59:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T16:59:56","slug":"silver-lode-1954","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72976","title":{"rendered":"Silver Lode (1954)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Mob violence is the death of any town.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Poster-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-72977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Poster-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Poster-676x1024.png 676w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Poster-178x270.png 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Poster.png 729w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs he&#8217;s about to marry his sweetheart (Lizabeth Scott), a rancher (John Payne) is falsely accused by a newly arrived &#8220;marshal&#8221; (Dan Duryea) of murdering his brother, and relies on help from a friendly bargirl (Dolores Moran) in keeping his name clear.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Allan Dwan Films<\/li>\n<li>Dan Duryea Films<\/li>\n<li>Falsely Accused<\/li>\n<li>John Payne Films<\/li>\n<li>Lizabeth Scott Films<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;No One Believes Me!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Ranchers<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAllan Dwan directed this compact, fast-moving western thriller set in real-time &#8212; just like its more celebrated counterpart, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=27628\"><em>High Noon<\/em> (1952)<\/a>. The movie opens on a wedding-interruptus, and we&#8217;re never clear from then on &#8212; intentionally so &#8212; about the true motives and realities behind the main characters. We know we&#8217;re supposed to believe that the protagonist (Payne) is telling the truth &#8212; but is there more to his story? Adding interest to the storyline is the fact that a beautiful bargirl (Moran, always feisty) is resentful about Payne&#8217;s marriage to the local rich-girl (Scott) &#8212; will she try to help or hinder him in his efforts? &#8212; and that Payne can&#8217;t seem to stop causing deaths all around him as he attempts to clear his name. The final unexpected sequence is a true humdinger, calling into question what we thought was a fairly standard end-of-a-western resolution. This one remains worth a look, especially given John Alton&#8217;s fine cinematography. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Much has been made about the fact that Duryea&#8217;s character is named &#8220;McCarty&#8221; and that nearly the entire town gives into hysterical beliefs about sudden accusations made towards a man they otherwise trusted and respected for the past two years; the timeliness and parallels with HUAC couldn&#8217;t be clearer. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Payne as Dan Ballard<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Payne.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Payne-1024x766.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-72981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Payne-1024x766.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Payne-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Payne-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Payne-768x574.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Payne-361x270.png 361w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Payne.png 1381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dolores Moran as Dolly<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Moran.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Moran-1024x790.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"494\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-72980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Moran-1024x790.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Moran-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Moran-128x99.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Moran-768x593.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Moran-350x270.png 350w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Moran.png 1357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dan Duryea as Fred McCarty<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Duryea.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Duryea-1024x781.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"488\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-72979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Duryea-1024x781.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Duryea-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Duryea-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Duryea-768x585.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Duryea-354x270.png 354w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Duryea.png 1371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>John Alton&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Still-1024x767.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-72978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Still-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Still-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Still-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Still-768x575.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Still-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Silver-Lode-Still.png 1379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a fine western by a hard-working director. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Good Show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=1458\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0047495\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/silver-lode\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/90185\/silver-lode#articles-reviews?articleId=73898\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=8809&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Mob violence is the death of any town.&#8221; Synopsis: As he&#8217;s about to marry his sweetheart (Lizabeth Scott), a rancher (John Payne) is falsely accused by a newly arrived &#8220;marshal&#8221; (Dan Duryea) of murdering his brother, and relies on help from a friendly bargirl (Dolores Moran) in keeping his name clear. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Allan Dwan Films Dan Duryea Films Falsely Accused John Payne Films Lizabeth Scott Films &#8220;No One Believes Me!&#8221; Ranchers Westerns Review: Allan Dwan directed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72976\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72976"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91655,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72976\/revisions\/91655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}