Silver Lode is a 1954 American Technicolor Western film directed by Allan Dwan and starring John Payne, Lizabeth Scott and Dan Duryea. Plot The film, with a similar plot to High Noon, tells the story of Dan Ballard (John Payne) and Rose Evans (Lizabeth Scott), who are about to be married on the Fourth of July when Marshal Fred McCarty (Dan Duryea) and his deputies ride into town looking for Ballard. McCarty accuses Ballard of having murdered his brother and has come to arrest him. At first, the townspeople are on Ballard's side, but gradually they turn against him, especially when they believe that he has killed the town sheriff (Emile Meyer). Ballard tries to prove his innocence and expose McCarty (who appears to be a veiled reference to Senator Joseph McCarthy). Cast John Payne as Dan Ballard Lizabeth Scott as Rose Evans Dan Duryea as Fred McCarty Dolores Moran as Dolly Emile Meyer as Sheriff Wooley Robert Warwick as Judge Cranston John Hudson as Michael 'Mitch' Evans Harry Carey Jr. as Johnson Alan Hale Jr. as Kirk Stuart Whitman as Wickers Frank Sully as Paul Herbert, Telegrapher Morris Ankrum as Zachary Evans Hugh Sanders as Reverend Field Florence Auer as Mrs. Elmwood Roy Gordon as Dr. Elmwood References External links The film's entry at "McCarthyism and the Movies" 1954 films 1954 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films about McCarthyism Films directed by Allan Dwan Independence Day (United States) films RKO Pictures films Revisionist Western (genre) films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films