Silver Lode 1954 123movies

Watch: Silver Lode 1954 123movies, Full Movie Online – Dan Ballard, a respected citizen in the western town of Silver Lode, has his wedding interrupted by four men led by Fred McCarty, an old acquaintance who, as a US Marshal, arrests Ballard for the murder of his brother and the theft of $20,000. Ballard seeks to stall McCarty while tracking down evidence that will prove his innocence: but the townspeople’s loyalty to him gradually begins to waver under McCarty’s accusations..
Plot: Dan Ballard, a respected citizen in the western town of Silver Lode, has his wedding interrupted by four men led by Ned McCarty, an old acquaintance who, as a US Marshal, arrests Ballard for the murder of his brother and the theft of $20,000. Ballard seeks to stall McCarty while tracking down evidence that will prove his innocence.
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Dolores Moran & Lizabeth Scott
A man is accused on his wedding day of killing another man behind his back and stealing $20,000. How will he excuse himself ? An atypical western which is particularly worthy of the presence of two rare and magnificent actresses : Dolores Moran and Lizabeth Scott.

Striking the Silver Lode!
Undoubtedly influenced by the classic High Noon, Alan Dwan’s under-rated Silver Lode followed shortly thereafter and cleverly proves to be a finely tuned counter point to the Fred Zinnemann Oscar winner, whilst continuing in the same vein of proving to be a stark allegory of the climate of fear and suspicion prevailing during the early 50’s McCarthy era.

Besides the obvious differences of being shot in quite brilliant Technicolour by John Alton, in Silver Lode the townspeople do the complete opposite of those in Hadleyville. There, they completely abandoned Marshal Will Kane about to marry Grace Kelly’s peace-loving Quaker.

The gripping Silver Lode sets up a diagonally opposite scenario. Relative new-comer to the town, the financially successful rancher Dan Ballard, is about to marry Rose Evans, daughter of one of Silver Lode’s affluent businessmen. The ceremony, held during the town’s Fourth of July celebration, is interrupted by the arrival of 4 strangers, claiming to be law men with a warrant for Ballard’s arrest for murder. A local judge grants Ballard 2 hours to prove his innocence. Over the course of the action, easily swayed by the words of the calculating Fred “McCarty” (Get It?), the supposed marshal, leading the posse, we see the townspeople largely turn against Ballard, eventually forming a mob, to aid McCarty in hunting him down.

It’s a quite original premise. Silver Lode respectfully references High Noon, plays out much of the action in complete contrast, whilst seeking to transmit the same sort of thinly-veiled political message. And it notably succeeds.

Whilst not boasting the star power wattage of Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, Silver Lode features a strong B western cast headed by John Payne’s Ballard and Dan Duryea’s persuasively bullying McCarty. Dwan’s directorial skills are creatively inventive, especially in the tracking of Ballard’s flight from the mob, throughout all corners of the town and the church bell tower climax with its righteous religious overtones.

Silver Lode is an extremely well made, interesting Western and a gamely bold jab at McCarthyism considering the time it was made. Definitely worth seeing.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 21 min (81 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Western
Director Allan Dwan
Writer Karen DeWolf
Actors John Payne, Lizabeth Scott, Dan Duryea
Country United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (RCA Sound System)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1 (negative ratio), 1.85 : 1 (intended ratio)
Camera N/A
Laboratory Technicolor
Film Length 2,206 m (8 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process ScenicScope, Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm