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Carson City
He comes tearing in with a gun and a grin ... to carve a new notch in the Silver Belt of Nevada !
Mine owner William Sharon keeps having his gold shipments held up by a gang of bandits. Sharon hires banker Charles Crocker, who happens to have connections in the Central Pacific Railroad, to build a spur line from Virginia City to Carson City, so that the gold can be shipped by railroad. Silent Jeff Kincaid is the railroad engineer. However there is opposition to the railroad, chiefly from another mine owner, Big Jack Davis.
- Original title
- Carson City
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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- Revenue
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John Chard
Feb 19, 2017 · via TMDB
Proposed Railroad Is Threat To Carson City. Carson City is directed by André De Toth and written by Sloan Nibley and Winston Miller. It stars Randolph Scott, Lucille Norman, Raymond Massey, Richard Webb and James Millican. Music is scored by David Buttolph and cinematography by John Boyle. Plot finds Scott as engineer Jeff Kincaid, who clashes with bandits and town locals when he is hired to build a new rail track through Carson City. Based in Nevada but filmed in Bronson Canyon in California, Carson City is routine stuff that still manages to come out in credit by the end. Story is set up around the building of the railroad between Carson City and Virginia, Scott and his rugged band of engineers have their work cut out in more ways than one. When a major player who is opposed to the railroad is murdered, it's no surprise who is going to get the blame. Cue dastardly goings on, sabotage, heroics and much macho posturing. In the mix is a love interest for Randolph, courtesy of a lifeless Lucille Norman, but naturally the trajectory of true love is not straightforward. Railroad Workers Terrorise Town! De Toth came on board late in production after Michael Curtiz baulked at trying the new Warnercolor process (this was the first film to use the process). De Toth went on record to say he only did the film for the money, but he gets much entertainment from a pretty standard script. Action quota is high, with exploding rocks, wagon over a cliff, stagecoach heist, train robbery, saloon brawls and great drama garnered out of a landslide/rescue passage of play. For Scott fans it's a pleasurable watch as it finds him in typically upright and stoic form, in fact the first time we see him he is indulging in a good old knuckle fight. Though asking us to accept his romance with Norman when there is 20 years between the two actors is a bit of a stretch. The scenery is pleasing yet the Warnercolor is as lifeless as Norman's performance, but the print of the film is in good shape and as long as Western fans prepare for standard formula dressed up nicely, then they should enjoy it well enough. 6.5/10
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Randolph Scott
Silent Jeff Kincaid
Lucille Norman
Susan Mitchell
Raymond Massey
Big Jack Davis
Richard Webb
Alan Kincaid
James Millican
Jim Squires
Larry Keating
William Sharon
George Cleveland
Henry Dodson
William Haade
Hardrock Haggerty
Don Beddoe
Charles Crocker
Thurston Hall
Charles Crocker
Vince Barnett
Henry
Ida Moore
Spinster on Stagecoach (uncredited)
Sarah Edwards
Spinster on Stagecoach (uncredited)
Iris Adrian
Saloon Girl in Fight (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
Mine Owner on Train (uncredited)
Ray Bennett
Guard (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Mine Owner (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
Workman (uncredited)
Mikel Conrad
Workman (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Daly - Railroad Conductor (uncredited)
Jimmy Dime
Miner (uncredited)
Tex Driscoll
Mine Owner (uncredited)
George Eldredge
Mine Owner (uncredited)
Charles Evans
Ben Roberts (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
John Halloran
Joel - Bartender (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Sheriff (uncredited)
Ray Jones
Townsman (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
Miner (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Miner (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Miner (uncredited)
Pierce Lyden
Guard (uncredited)
Kenneth MacDonald
Dave Fairchild (uncredited)
Rory Mallinson
Crewman (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Miner (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Mine Owner (uncredited)
Kansas Moehring
Miner (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Zon Murray
Glen (uncredited)
House Peters Jr.
Miner (uncredited)
Joe Phillips
Miner (uncredited)
Richard Reeves
Cook (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Mickey Simpson
Robbie Dolby (uncredited)
George Sowards
Miner (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
Townsman (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent
Bearded Miner (uncredited)
Blackjack Ward
Townsman (uncredited)
Bob Morgan
Stunt Double
Al Wyatt Sr.
Stunts
Sailor Vincent
Stunts
Sol Gorss
Stunts
André de Toth
Director
Sidney Cutner
Orchestrator
Winston Miller
Screenplay
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