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Director:
Raoul Walsh
Writers:
Stephen Longstreet (screenplay) and
Harriet Frank Jr. (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
29 May 1948 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance | Western more
Plot:
Unjustly booted out of the cavalry, Mike McComb strikes out for Nevada, and deciding never to be used again... more | add synopsis
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`Western' retelling of a Bible story more (13 total)

Cast

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Errol Flynn ... "Mike" McComb

Ann Sheridan ... Georgia Moore
Thomas Mitchell ... John Plato Beck
Bruce Bennett ... Stanley Moore
Tom D'Andrea ... "Pistol" Porter
Barton MacLane ... 'Banjo' Sweeney (as Barton Mac Lane)
Monte Blue ... "Buck" Chevigee
Jonathan Hale ... Major Spencer
Al Bridge ... Slade (as Alan Bridge)
Arthur Space ... Major Ross
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Runtime:
110 min | 114 min (extended cut)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #12520)
Filming Locations:
Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
`Western' retelling of a Bible story, 15 May 2003
7/10
Author: Ilya Mauter

Directed by Raoul Walsh, who undoubtedly was one of the maestros of the western genre, Silver River hardly can be called one of director's best works. It was the last Walsh's film made with Errol Flynn, and the only one they made together that hadn't achieved success at the Box Office.

The story of Silver River is based on a novel by Stephen Longstteet, but it's also an apparent `western' retelling of Bible's story of King David. The film begins at the time of battle of Gettysburg during American Civil War with a quite remarkable chase sequence where the wagon of Captain of the Union Army Michael McComb (Errol Flynn) is chased by Confederate soldiers who are after the 1 million $ of Union money destined to be paid to the soldiers. In order to avoid that the Confederates take the money, McComb decides to simply burn it. As a consequence of this act, he's expelled from the army.

An unscrupulous adventurer, McComb moves to the silver mine town in the west, where he quickly becomes rich and powerful mines' owner along with his partner Stanley Moore (Bruce Bennett) controlling all the town's industry and banks. Nothing can stop his greed and ambition and he further rises to power and an enormous wealth, promptly sending his business partner to death, marrying his beautiful wife Georgia (Ann Sheridan) and becoming the only master of the town and one of the most influential and rich men in the state. But his triumph doesn't last for a long time for his achievements tend to be impermanent as everything in this world, so by the twist of fate he finds himself again on the bottom of the well losing everything.

Quite an average western with nothing particularly good or particularly bad about it, thou in my opinion worth watching, but don't expect to be much entertained by it or you might be very disappointed. 7/10

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