FILMCCCarson City1952

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How Long Is “Carson City”?

Name: Carson City
Genre: Western
Released: 1952-06-13
Duration: 86 min
Cast: Randolph Scott, Lucille Norman, Raymond Massey, Richard Webb, Don Beddoe

1h 26m runtime

19521h 26mWestern

Western film with a runtime of 86 minutes, released in 1952. Presented in English.

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Runtime1h 26m

Minutes86

One SittingYes

With Break1h 38m

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When a final tally is made, it may turn out that Andre De Toth directed as many superior Randolph Scott westerns as the more celebrated Budd Boetticher. In De Toth's Carson City, Scott is cast as a railroad construction engineer known only as Silent Jeff. His plans to build a railroad line between Nevada's Carson City and Virginia City are met with hostility by the locals, who feel that where there are trains, there are bandits. Sure enough, a criminal gang headed by Big Jack Davis (Raymond Massey) and Jim Squires (James Millican) begins drawing up plans to plunder Carson City. When Silent Jeff vows to get rid of the town's criminal element, the villains frame him on a murder charge. The climax is one of the best of its kind, with Silent Jeff forced to contend with both a landslide and a big-scale gold bullion heist. Lucille Norman plays the heroine, whose attentions are torn between Silent Jeff and second lead Richard Webb (later TV' s Captain Midnight).

Runtime Card

Runtime1h 26m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break1h 38m

Movie Facts

Release DateJune 13, 1952

Runtime1h 26m

LanguageEnglish

GenresWestern

DirectorAndré De Toth

ProducerDavid Weisbart

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