Silver City (1951)
Having masterminded the hold up of his company office, a mining engineer is barred from the industry. He then sets up shop as an assayer, scheming to acquire a rich silver mine lease from its operators.
- Date of release
- 1951-12-01
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (13)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Western
- Director
- Byron Haskin
Casting
- Edmond O'Brien — Larkin Moffat
- Yvonne De Carlo — Candace Surrency
- Richard Arlen — Charles Storrs
- Barry Fitzgerald — R.R. Jarboe
- Gladys George — Mrs. Barber
- Kasey Rogers — Josephine
- Edgar Buchanan — Dutch Surrency
- Michael Moore — Bill Taff
- John Dierkes — Arnie
- Robert Anderson
- Chet Brandenburg
- Paul E. Burns — Ed Paxton (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Silver City is a 1951 American Western film directed by Byron Haskin and starring Edmond O'Brien, Yvonne De Carlo and Barry Fitzgerald.
Production
The film is based on the 1947 novel High Vermillion by Luke Short, which was reprinted in 1949 as Hands Off. In February 1951, the film rights to the book were bought by producer Nat Holt, who hired Frank Gruber to write a script.
Rhonda Fleming was originally announced as Edmond O'Brien's costar, but by late March 1951, Yvonne De Carlo signed to play the female lead.
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