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Actors: Stephen McNally, Audie Murphy, Faith Domergue, Susan Cabot, Lee Marvin
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Duel at Silver Creek |
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Audie Murphy stars as The Silver Kid, a young man who loses his father and land claim when claim jumpers try to kill him to get rid of witnesses to the robbery of their claim.
He crosses paths with a Sheriff called Lightning who when on the paths of the claim jumpers is shot in his pistol hand. Desperate for a deputy to hide his now useless trigger finger, he hires the kid who can draw a gun faster than anyone he's seen. They try to hunt down the group of thieves and murderers and eventually have one member in custody. However a mob is eager to lynch him so the Sheriff puts him into hiding to protect his only lead to the rest of the criminal organisation. While his plan seems to be working to catch them, what he or the Silver kid don't know is that the mastermind behind them is a woman. A woman who the Sheriff is falling in love with.
--H Louise, Resident Scholar
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Don Siegel directed THE DUEL AT SILVER CREEK in 1952.
Sherif Lightning Tyrone and The Silver Kid try to discover who's behind the gang of claim jumpers who are killing miners around Silver Creek. When Lightning receives a bullet in the shoulder and can't pull his gun's trigger anymore, he asked the Kid to become his deputy. Lightning falls blindly in love with Opal Lacy who's in fact working for Rod Lacy, the head of the claim jumpers. Opal and Rod gain Lightning's trust and hope to find a way to get rid of the Sherif and his deputy.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Duel at Silver Creek |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Western
Yes
Kind of western:
- fighting bad business/family
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
- cowboy
Age:
- a teen
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- deluded
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
- a criminal organization
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) long curly
Body type
- ample chest and buttocks (woman)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
- frustrated
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
- dozens
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- None
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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