Carson City (1952)

June 13, 1952 (US) • Western • 87m

Overview

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.

Director

André de Toth

Writers

Sloan Nibley, Winston Miller, Sloan Nibley

Top Billed

Randolph Scott

Keywords

banker nevada engineer railroad adventurer

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Top Billed Cast

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)

Abdullah Abbas

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Carl Andre

Gang Member (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews

Mine Owner on Train (uncredited)

Ray Bennett

Guard (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Mine Owner (uncredited)

John Bose

Townsman (uncredited)

Joe Brooks

Miner (uncredited)

Buck Bucko

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Roy Bucko

Townsman (uncredited)

Roydon Clark

Townsman (uncredited)

Russ Clark

Engineer (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb

Workman (uncredited)

Bing Conley

Townsman (uncredited)

Mikel Conrad

Workman (uncredited)

Jack Daly

Bartender (uncredited)

Edgar Dearing

Daly - Railroad Conductor (uncredited)

Jimmy Dime

Miner (uncredited)

Dan Dowling

Mine Owner (uncredited)

Tex Driscoll

Mine Owner (uncredited)

Art Dupuis

Shoveler (uncredited)

George Eldredge

Mine Owner (uncredited)

Charles Evans

Ben Roberts (uncredited)

Augie Gomez

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Sol Gorss

Saloon Brawler (uncredited)

Tom Greenway

Townsman (uncredited)

Karen Hale

Mother (uncredited)

John Halloran

Joel - Bartender (uncredited)

Silver Harr

Townsman (uncredited)

Edward Hearn

Sheriff (uncredited)

Tex Holden

Townsman (uncredited)

Reed Howes

Townsman (uncredited)

Clyde Hudkins Jr.

Shotgun Guard (uncredited)

Ray Jones

Townsman (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

Townsman (uncredited)

Jack Kenny

Miner (uncredited)

Johnny Kern

Townsman (uncredited)

Paul Kruger

Miner (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Miner (uncredited)

Richard LaMarr

Townsman (uncredited)

Jack Low

Miner (uncredited)

Pierce Lyden

Guard (uncredited)

Kenneth MacDonald

Dave Fairchild (uncredited)

Casey MacGregor

Crew Member (uncredited)

Rory Mallinson

Crewman (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe

Miner (uncredited)

Allen Mathews

Driller (uncredited)

Frank McCarroll

Worker (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

Mine Owner (uncredited)

Kansas Moehring

Miner (uncredited)

Tom Monroe

Miner (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Zon Murray

Glen (uncredited)

Merlyn Nelson

Stage Driver (uncredited)

Anton Northpole

Townsman (uncredited)

Leslie K. O'Pace

Mine Owner (uncredited)

Post Park

Driver (uncredited)

House Peters Jr.

Miner (uncredited)

Joe Phillips

Miner (uncredited)

Richard Reeves

Cook (uncredited)

Gail Robinson

Townsman (uncredited)

Robert Robinson

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Frosty Royce

Gang Member (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo

Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Sam Savitsky

Mine Owner (uncredited)

Miles Shepard

Crewman (uncredited)

George Sherwood

Guard (uncredited)

Mickey Simpson

Robbie Dolby (uncredited)

Joseph Darr Smith

Gang Member (uncredited)

Tom Smith

Townsman (uncredited)

George Sowards

Miner (uncredited)

Robert R. Stephenson

Miner (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

Townsman (uncredited)

Nick Thompson

Worker (uncredited)

Jack Tornek

Townsman (uncredited)

Sailor Vincent

Bearded Miner (uncredited)

Blackjack Ward

Townsman (uncredited)

Chalky Williams

Miner (uncredited)

Jack Woody

Clem (uncredited)

Crew

Sloan Nibley

Story

John W. Boyle

Director of Photography

David Weisbart

Producer

David Buttolph

Original Music Composer

André de Toth

Director

Winston Miller

Screenplay

G.W. Berntsen

Set Decoration

Marjorie Best

Wardrobe Designer

Sidney Cutner

Orchestrator

Gordon Bau

Makeup Artist

Robert L. Swanson

Editor

Sloan Nibley

Screenplay

Stanley Fleischer

Art Direction

Francis J. Scheid

Sound

Leo Shuken

Orchestrator

Bryan Foy

Producer

Russell Saunders

Assistant Director

Carl Andre

Stunts

Sol Gorss

Stunts

Clyde Hudkins Jr.

Stunts

Sailor Vincent

Stunts

Al Wyatt Sr.

Stunts

Bob Morgan

Stunt Double

Ellsworth Fredericks

Camera Operator

Reviews

John Chard

⭐ 6/10

February 19, 2017

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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Carson City (1952)

Sloan Nibley, Winston Miller, Sloan Nibley

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