Silver River (1948)

59% User Rating

1h 50min

"WHERE MEN OF IRON SHOOT IT OUT FOR A CITY OF SILVER"

Unjustly booted out of the cavalry, Mike McComb strikes out for Nevada, and deciding never to be used again, ruthlessly works his way up to becoming one of the most powerful silver magnates in the west. His empire begins to fall apart as the other mining combines rise against him and his stubbornness loses him the support of his wife and old friends.

Raoul WalshDirector

Cast

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Errol Flynn

"Mike" McComb

Ann Sheridan

Georgia Moore

Thomas Mitchell

John Plato Beck

Bruce Bennett

Stanley Moore

Tom D'Andrea

'Pistol' Porter

Barton MacLane

'Banjo' Sweeney

Monte Blue

'Buck' Chevigee

Jonathan Hale

Major Spencer

Al Bridge

Sam Slade

Arthur Space

Major Ross

Ben Corbett

Sweeney Henchman (uncredited)

Tex Driscoll

Miner (uncredited)

Tex Cooper

Miner (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)

Marjorie Bennett

Large Woman (uncredited)

George Chandler

Mr. Rice (uncredited)

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CinemaSerf

Rating 70%

July 9, 2022

One of Errol Flynn's grittier parts this one. He ("McComb") gets his chance to go from dishonourably discharged cavalry officer to unscrupulous millionaire taking on all comers as he seeks to make his fortune from silver, and to win his gal "Georgia" (Ann Sheridan). Gradually, though, the enmity he has attracted starts to cause others to challenge him, to gang up on him, and he must fight for his very survival - especially when "Georgia" begins to believe he may have had a hand in the demise of her original husband. There is a good pace to this, his rise is stellar and the relationship with best pal "Beck" (Thomas Mitchell) and rival Bruce Bennett allow both of these characters room to breathe too, building to quite an enjoyably tense last fifteen minutes. I liked Flynn's performance here - his steely stare, angry determination and sheer bloody-mindedness took this otherwise routine drama just that little bit higher up the scale, and with strong supporting efforts and some good photography, made this an enjoyable western to watch.