Silver Lode
6.8
“While the mob waits they match bullet for bullet… life for life!”
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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Cast
17 people
John Payne
Dan Ballard
Known for
Miracle on 34th Street
Kansas City Confidential
Lizabeth Scott
Rose Evans
Known for
Too Late for Tears
Dead Reckoning
Dan Duryea
Fred McCarty
Known for
Scarlet Street
Winchester '73
Dolores Moran
Dolly
Known for
To Have and Have Not
Emile Meyer
Sheriff Wooley
Known for
Paths of Glory
Shane
Robert Warwick
Judge Cranston
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
In a Lonely Place
John Hudson
Michael 'Mitch' Evans
Known for
The Screaming Skull
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Harry Carey Jr.
Johnson
Known for
Back to the Future Part III
Trinity Is Still My Name
Alan Hale Jr.
Kirk
Known for
Gilligan's Island
Hang 'em High
Stuart Whitman
Wicker
Known for
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
The Comancheros
Frank Sully
Paul Herbert, Telegrapher
Known for
The Grapes of Wrath
The More the Merrier
Morris Ankrum
Zachary Evans
Known for
In a Lonely Place
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Allan Dwan Director · Karen DeWolf Screenplay Howard Jackson Composer
United States release June 24, 1954 · Produced in United States · Languages English, German
Production
Benedict Bogeaus Production
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
Pinecrest Productions
Production
RKO
Studio
United States
Produced in
Desperate Men · Four Desperate Men
Working titles
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
United States · June 10, 1954
Premiere · Miami, Florida
United States · June 24, 1954
Theatrical · Los Angeles, California
United States
July 23, 1954 · Theatrical
France
July 20, 1955 · Theatrical
October 21, 1955 · Theatrical · Paris
Portugal
May 12, 1955 · Theatrical
January 29, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Lisboa, Cinemateca Portuguesa
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