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Carson City

1952 · 1h 27m · Western · United States of America · Rated 12 (DE)

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.

Directed by
André de Toth
Written by
Winston Miller, Sloan Nibley
Story by
Sloan Nibley
Starring
Randolph Scott, Lucille Norman, Raymond Massey, Richard Webb
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Rating12 (DE)

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