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 Audie Murphy, Faith Domergue, Stephen McNally.[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]

The Duel at Silver Creek
Directed byDon Siegel
Produced byLeonard Goldstein
Screenplay byGerald Drayson Adams
Joseph Hoffman
Story byGerald Drayson Adams
StarringAudie Murphy
Faith Domergue
Stephen McNally
CinematographyIrving Glassberg
Edited byRussell F. Schoengarth
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • August 1, 1952 (1952-08-01) (New York City)
  • August 2, 1952 (1952-08-02) (Los Angeles)
  • September 5, 1952 (1952-09-05) (United States)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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

Reception

Quentin Tarantino called it "a very well conceived and executed picture, as well as being obviously a Siegel picture."[5]

References
  1. 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
  2. The Duel at Silver Creek at Audie Murphy Memorial Site
  3. Don Graham, No Name on the Bullet: The Biography of Audie Murphy, Penguin, 1989 p 228
  4. p. 63 Larkins, Bob & Magers, Boyd The Films of Audie Murphy McFarland, 19 Aug 2009
  5. Tarantino, Quentin (24 December 2019). "The Shootist". New Beverly Cinema.


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