Carson City
He comes tearing in with a gun and a grin ... to carve a new notch in the Silver Belt of Nevada !
1952 · 1h 27m · Approved
Western
Directed by
André de Toth
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.
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