简介：AstrangerintownbecomesthetargetofalynchmobinAllanDwan'sfeverishWesternnoir,madeattheheightofthenation's"RedScare"witchhuntsandnowacclaimedasoneofthemostconciseanti-McCarthyparablesevermadebyHollywood.AbouttomarrythelovelyRose(LizabethScott)onthe4thofJuly,straight-aheadDanBallard(JohnPayne)findshisnuptialsinterruptedby"marshal"NedMcCarty(asneeringDanDuryea)whoclaimshe’swantedformurder.InnuendoandsuspicionsoonturnthetownsfolkfromcaringneighborstoabrayingmobanditisuptoRoseandoneofDan'sex-loverstokeepourherofromthegallows.FamednoircinematographerJohnAltonshrinkstheWest'sexpansiveplainsintoaclaustrophobicnightmareofdisorientingcameraanglesandharshhigh-contrastlighting,thebettertomatchthefilm'srapidlyescalatingsenseofutterparanoia.WithSILVERLODE,DwanturnstheAmericanfrontierintoanAmericanprison,withamadmannamed"McCarty"readytodestroyanyonewhostandsagainsthim.-JasonSanders…