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The Duel at Silver Creek is a 1952 American Western film directed by Don Siegel; his first film in the Western genre. It starred Stephen McNally, Audie Murphy and Faith Domergue.[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
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Don Siegel
Screenplay by	Gerald Drayson Adams Joseph Hoffman
Story by	Gerald Drayson Adams
Produced by	Leonard Goldstein
Starring	Stephen McNally Audie Murphy Faith Domergue
Cinematography	Irving Glassberg
Edited by	Russell F. Schoengarth
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	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
Country	United States
Language	English
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

• Audie Murphy as Luke Cromwell – The Silver Kid
• Faith Domergue as Opal Lacey
• Stephen McNally as Marshal Lightning Tyrone (as Stephen Mc. Nally)
• Susan Cabot as Jane "Dusty" Fargo
• Gerald Mohr as Rod Lacey
• Eugene Iglesias as Johnny Sombrero
• James Anderson as Rat Face Blake (as Kyle James)
• Walter Sande as Pete Fargo
• Lee Marvin as "Tinhorn" Burgess
• George Eldredge as Jim Ryan – Bartender
• Griff Barnett as Dan 'Pop' Musik

Reception

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

References

External links

• The Duel at Silver Creek at IMDb
• The Duel at Silver Creek at the American Film Institute Catalog
• The Duel at Silver Creek at the TCM Movie Database
• The Duel at Silver Creek at Letterboxd

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