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The Silver Whip

  • 19531953
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 13m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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Robert Wagner, Kathleen Crowley, and Dale Robertson in The Silver Whip (1953)
Western
Frustrated with the lack of opportunities in his hometown, young Jess Harker plans to leave, but sympathetic stagecoach armed guard Race Crim persuades his boss to give Jess the stage driver... Read allFrustrated with the lack of opportunities in his hometown, young Jess Harker plans to leave, but sympathetic stagecoach armed guard Race Crim persuades his boss to give Jess the stage driver job.Frustrated with the lack of opportunities in his hometown, young Jess Harker plans to leave, but sympathetic stagecoach armed guard Race Crim persuades his boss to give Jess the stage driver job.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
375
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    • Harmon Jones
    • Jesse Lasky Jr.(screenplay)
    • Jack Schaefer(from a novel by)
  • Stars
    • Dale Robertson
    • Rory Calhoun
    • Robert Wagner
    • Harmon Jones
    • Jesse Lasky Jr.(screenplay)
    • Jack Schaefer(from a novel by)
  • Stars
    • Dale Robertson
    • Rory Calhoun
    • Robert Wagner
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    • 16User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Robert Wagner in The Silver Whip (1953)
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    Robert Wagner and Dale Robertson in The Silver Whip (1953)
    Robert Wagner and Kathleen Crowley in The Silver Whip (1953)
    Robert Wagner and Rory Calhoun in The Silver Whip (1953)
    Lola Albright and Dale Robertson in The Silver Whip (1953)
    Dale Robertson in The Silver Whip (1953)
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    Robert Wagner, Rory Calhoun, and Dale Robertson in The Silver Whip (1953)
    Rory Calhoun in The Silver Whip (1953)
    Robert Wagner, Rory Calhoun, Kathleen Crowley, and Dale Robertson in The Silver Whip (1953)

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    Dale Robertson
    Dale Robertson
    • Race Crim
    Rory Calhoun
    Rory Calhoun
    • Sheriff Tom Davisson
    Robert Wagner
    Robert Wagner
    • Jess Harker
    Kathleen Crowley
    Kathleen Crowley
    • Kathy Riley
    James Millican
    James Millican
    • Luke Bowen
    Lola Albright
    Lola Albright
    • Waco
    J.M. Kerrigan
    J.M. Kerrigan
    • Riley
    John Kellogg
    John Kellogg
    • Slater
    Ian MacDonald
    Ian MacDonald
    • Hank
    Robert Adler
    Robert Adler
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Chet Brandenburg
    Chet Brandenburg
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Joe Brooks
    Joe Brooks
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Roy Bucko
    Roy Bucko
    • Murdered Station Agent
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Carter
    Harry Carter
    • Deputy Tex Rafferty
    • (uncredited)
    George Chesebro
    George Chesebro
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Clinton
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Edmund Cobb
    Edmund Cobb
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Clancy Cooper
    Clancy Cooper
    • Bert Foley
    • (uncredited)
      • Harmon Jones
      • Jesse Lasky Jr.(screenplay)
      • Jack Schaefer(from a novel by)
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    • Trivia
      Movie based on the novel "First Blood" by author Jack Schaefer. This was Schaefer's second western novel. His first was "Shane".
    • Goofs
      In one scene, the telegrapher was using his thumb on the Morse code key instead of the right index finger.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Graceland: Hair of the Dog (2013)
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    Interesting, but Squanders Impact
    Character-driven western whose guiding idea unfortunately is better than the result. Sheriff Tom, tough guy Race, and young man Jess, are friends in a small frontier town. Jess, however, wants a chance to prove himself a man, so he gets trial run as a stage driver. Trouble is he screws up by not driving off to protect doomed passengers when stage is ambushed at a way station. Instead he stays behind to help his friend Race. Now Jess needs to redeem himself by helping Sheriff Tom and posse track down stage robbers before vengeful Race guns them all down. Climax occurs in town when lynch mob gathers to head for Tom's jail.

    It's really Wagner's film. As the untried Jess, he shows his acting chops in a vivid performance still early in his lengthy career. Robertson (Race) and Calhoun (Tom) also get a lot of screen time as self-assured westerners. Oddly, they look so much alike, I got confused at times. The oater's unusual since no bad guy gets focal time, while the girls are strictly peripheral. Instead, the highlight is a well-photographed and lengthy chase scene across scenic rocks and hills. There's one unexpectedly jarring occurrence that I guess Hollywood convention couldn't let stand without smoothing out. Had they instead let it go extreme, the movie would be memorable. One key point, I wish Robertson's ambiguous character (Race) were more intense. That would have injected needed emotion to the movie as a whole There's a dramatic potential in the key conflict between Race and Tom that's unfortunately underplayed.

    All in all, it's an interesting western with an unusual plot and some riveting scenery, but drains too much story potential.
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    • dougdoepke
    • Jul 19, 2017

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      • May 4, 1953 (United Kingdom)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Sonora, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • 1 hour 13 minutes
      • Black and White

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