The Duel at Silver Creek

The Duel at Silver Creek
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDon Siegel
Screenplay byGerald Drayson Adams
Joseph Hoffman
Story byGerald Drayson Adams
Produced byLeonard Goldstein
StarringStephen McNally
Audie Murphy
Faith Domergue
CinematographyIrving Glassberg
Edited byRussell F. Schoengarth
Music byHerman Stein (uncredited)
Joseph Gershenson (musical direction)
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • August 1, 1952 (1952-08-01) (New York City)
  • August 2, 1952 (1952-08-02) (Los Angeles)
  • September 5, 1952 (1952-09-05) (United States)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.25 million (US rentals)[1]

The Duel at Silver Creek is a 1952 American Western film directed by Don Siegel; his first film in the Western genre. It starred Stephen McNally, Audie Murphy and Faith Domergue.[2] It was the first time Murphy had appeared in a film where he played a character who was good throughout the movie.[3] The working titles of the film were Claim Jumpers and Hair Trigger Kid.[4]

  1. ^ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
  2. ^ The Duel at Silver Creek at Audie Murphy Memorial Site
  3. ^ Don Graham, No Name on the Bullet: The Biography of Audie Murphy, Penguin, 1989 p 228
  4. ^ p. 63 Larkins, Bob & Magers, Boyd The Films of Audie Murphy McFarland, 19 Aug 2009