After a desperate plot to rob his company office, a mining engineer leaves town humiliated. He takes up work elsewhere, agreeing to help a threatened father and his daughter extract silver ore from their mine before the lease expires.
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Title: Silver City (1951)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Edmond O'Brien | ... | Larkin Moffatt | |
| Yvonne De Carlo | ... | Candace Surrency | |
| Richard Arlen | ... | Charles Storrs | |
| Barry Fitzgerald | ... | R.R. Jarboe | |
| Gladys George | ... | Mrs. Barber | |
| Kasey Rogers | ... | Josephine (as Laura Elliott) | |
| Edgar Buchanan | ... | Dutch Surrency | |
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Michael Moore | ... | Bill Taff |
| John Dierkes | ... | Arnie | |
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The office of mining engineers and partners Larkin Moffatt and Charlie Storrs is robbed. Storrs accuses Moffatt of complicity with the robbers and fires him. He also asks all major mining companies in the region to avoid hiring Moffatt. Unemployable, Moffatt opens his own small independent assay office in Silver City. His first client, Candace Surrency, leases a mine from the greedy R. R. Jarboe, owner of several mines. Candace Surrency and her father have invested all their funds in the mine lease which is due to expire in 12 days, reverting the mining rights back to its owner, R. R. Jarboe. So far the mine has been dry but the Surrencys have hired Moffatt to do another assay on the latest batch of ore. Moffatt finds silver in large amounts in the test batch, making the Surrencys rich. News of their silver strike spreads fast. Mine owner R. R. Jarboe refuses to extend the mine lease to the Surrencys who won't have enough time to extract and process the silver ore during the remainder... Written by nufs68
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miner | strained husband wife relationship | deception | double cross | bartender |Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
1 December 1951 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
High Vermilion See more »Filming Locations:
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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This 1951 Color Western features a splendid cast, familiar story and a memorable conclusion. The great Edmond O'Brien leads the great cast in a story of greed, graft and silver mine shenanigans. Arlen and O'Brien are former partners who do battle over the treasures ( A lady and a mine !)
Along for the bumpy ride in this fun oater are Edgar Buchanan, Richard Arlen and Yvonne DeCarlo. I also enjoyed seeing the great Barry Fitzgerald as a villainous mine older. Fans of post WWII westerns will enjoy this well-paced film. I believe that Edmond Obrien rarely gave a bad performance........ this one was one of his best !
They don't make 'em like this anymore.........but they should !