The plot: Dan Ballard, a well-liked member of a western town, is marrying his sweetheart Rose Evans when the ceremony is interrupted by Marshal Fred McCarty putting Ballard under arrest for supposedly killing his brother.
If this sounds familiar, it's because it's eerily reminiscent of the plot of High Noon (see below). It also had the same allegorical themes of criticizing Joseph McCarthy's (McCarty ... McCarthy) witch hunt for "communist" Hollywood folks.
Silver Lode would be screenwriter Karen DeWolf's last movie. She was blacklisted.
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