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Carson City
Carson City
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Andre de Toth
Screenplay by	Sloan Nibley; Winston Miller
Story by	Sloan Nibley
Produced by	Bryan Foy; David Weisbart
Starring	Randolph Scott; Lucille Norman; Raymond Massey
Cinematography	John W. Boyle
Edited by	Robert L. Swanson
Music by	David Buttolph
Color process	Warnercolor
Production; company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	June 13, 1952 (USA);
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.7 million (USA rentals)

Carson City is a 1952 American Western film directed by Andre de Toth and starring Randolph Scott, Lucille Norman, and Raymond Massey.^[2]

Based on a story by Sloan Nibley, the film is about a railroad construction engineer whose plans to build a railroad line between Nevada's Carson City and Virginia City are met with hostility by the locals, who feel the trains will attract outlaws. Filmed on location at Iverson Ranch, Bell Ranch, and Bronson Canyon in Griffith Park,^[3] Carson City was Warner Bros.' first film shot in WarnerColor.

Plot

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 rail.

Silent Jeff Kincaid is the railroad engineer. However, there is opposition to the railroad, chiefly from another mine owner, Big Jack Davis. He doesn’t own a working mine; he finds it easier to rob from the other owners. Davis is the brains behind the gang holding up Sharon’s shipments. The technique is to hold up the stagecoach and then provide food and champagne for the passengers, who then don’t care that the gold is robbed.

Kincaid vows to rid Carson City of the bandits, but they frame him on a murder charge. In the climax, Kincaid has to contend with a suspicious landslide which kills some of his workers, trapping others, and a gold bullion heist.

Cast

Randolph Scott as Silent Jeff Kincaid
Lucille Norman as Susan Mitchell
Raymond Massey as A. J. 'Big' Jack Davis
Richard Webb as Alan Kincaid
James Millican as Jim Squires
Larry Keating as William Sharon
George Cleveland as Henry Dodson
William Haade as Hardrock Haggerty
Don Beddoe as Zeke Mitchell
Thurston Hall as Charles Crocker
Vince Barnett as Henry^[4]

Production

Filming locations

Iverson Ranch, 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Bell Ranch, Santa Susana, California, USA
Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park, 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA^[3]

Background

Though it is never mentioned by name, the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, which ran from Reno to Carson City, may have served as the inspiration for this story. One branch of the real-world railroad ran from Carson City to Virginia City. The railroad as a whole was built to serve the silver mines of Nevada, primarily Virginia City's Comstock Lode. The section that ran from Carson City to Virginia City was restored and reopened in 2009, as a heritage railroad.

References

^ "Top Box-Office Hits of 1952", Variety, January 7, 1953.
^ "Carson City profile". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Locations for Carson City". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
^ "Full cast and crew for Carson City". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 26, 2012.