The poor man's High Noon

Trying to get his ex-girlfriend to help him even though he
just married his new girlfriend.

Silver Lode, 1954

Kind of dull. Made two years after High Noon, had some elements in common and may have been a bit more explicit in its attack on McCarthyism, with the villain named "McCarty".

A man named Ballard in the town of Silver Lode is getting married when an apparent federal marshall and his deputies right into town. The marshall has a federal warrant for his arrest and claims Ballard murdered his brother. The townspeople gradually turn against Ballard and he finally has to shoot it out with everybody. His previous girlfriend, the local harlot/showgirl/hostess, helps.

Technicolor, 4:5 aspect ratio. RKO pictures. 77 minutes.

John Payne wasn't very interesting as Ballard. With Alan Hale, Jr, as one of the deputies.

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