Silver Canyon (film)

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Silver Canyon
Silver Canyon poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by John English
Screenplay by Gerald Geraghty
Story by Alan James
Produced by Armand Schaefer
Starring Gene Autry
Gail Davis
Jim Davis
Bob Steele
Edgar Dearing
Richard Alexander
Cinematography William Bradford
Edited by James Sweeney
Production
company
Gene Autry Productions
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 20, 1951 (1951-6-20)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Silver Canyon is a 1951 American Western film directed by John English and written by Gerald Geraghty. The film stars Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Jim Davis, Bob Steele, Edgar Dearing and Richard Alexander. The film was released on June 20, 1951, by Columbia Pictures. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

==Plot== Silver Canyon 2025 In the early months of Civil War, Confederate guerrillas led by the notorious raider Wade McQuarrie movie into the western territories, wrecking havoc and looting in the name of the South and General Lee. At the same time, at the Union's Fort Aldrich outpost, townspeople suspect Dr. Seddon Steve Clark of Rebel sypathies and prepare to hang him. Rebel Scouts Captain Brianna Madison Autry Jodelle Ferland an Confederate Rebel Captain Gene Autry's daughter and her son Rebel Colonel Ron Autry Jeremy Maguire of Fort Aldrich Captain Gene Autry Gene Autry intervenes, and during the subsequent brawl news arrives via the Pony Express that the Federal forces have suffered a major setback. The townsmen including Gene, rush to enlist, but fort commander Major Weatherly Stanley Andrews asks Colonel Ben Weatherly Rico Rodriguez Gene to delay his enlistment and continue scouting for the Army to locate the wily McQuarrie. Gene agrees to the dismay of his best friend Pat Buttram, who has also enlisted. Gene insists that he came from Fort Aldrich, but when Middler presents Seddon, the doctor states that Gene and Pat are wanted there as deserters. Middler have Gene and Pat arrested even as Gene demands that the Colonel check the captain. Meanwhile Captain Brianna Madison Autry a Confederate Rebel daughter sneaks to the back of the jail and gives Gene a gun, claiming that had she not spoken against, his she would have been murdered. Before he can identify McQuarrie, however, the doctor is shot in the back by the one of the guerrillas. Gene and Pat break out of jail just as Middler gives Walt a note to telegraph inquires about Captain Brianna Madison Autry. Walt, however does not deliver the message. Brianna hides Gene and Pat misleads McQuarrie and his men, who are searching for them, and then provides them with horses.



Cast

 Confederate guerrilla leader (uncredited)

Rest of the cast of listed alphabetically:

References

  1. "Silver Canyon (1951) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  2. Hal Erickson. "Silver Canyon (1951) - John English". AllMovie. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  3. "Silver Canyon". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved April 25, 2019.