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A 58-minute B-western that punches way above its weight — Joseph H. Lewis directing chaos on a shoestring.

The Silver Bullet (1942)

scrappy B-movie energyrevenge with a side of cheesepre-noir shadows on a prairie

Overview

A cowboy heads for the town where his father was murdered to find out who was responsible.

Content warning

doctor scar silver bullet

inherited violencefrontier justice vs. lawidentity as weapon

Standout Aspects

Direction

Lewis squeezes expressionist shadows into Poverty Row budgets.

Editing

Tight 58 minutes — no fat, all gallop.

Best for:Solo: Perfect lunch break western — done before your sandwich.·Background: Chores-friendly; you'll catch the plot between folding laundry.·Rewatch: Spot Lewis's visual tricks hiding in plain sight.

Heads up:Violence: Standard 1942 western shootouts — bloodless but frequent.

Director

Joseph H. Lewis

ReleasedAug 5, 1942

Runtime58m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feellight

Top Cast

Johnny Mack Brown

Silver Jim Donovan

Fuzzy Knight

Wild Bill Jones

William Farnum

Dr. Thad Morgan

Jennifer Holt

Nancy Lee

LeRoy Mason

Walter Kincaid

Rex Lease

Rance Harris

Claire Whitney

Emily Morgan

Slim Whitaker

Buck

Michael Vallon

Nevada

Nora Lou Martin

Nora - Band Singer

Hank Bell

Hank

William Desmond

Townsman

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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Insight

Joseph H. Lewis used B-westerns as a proving ground for the noir visual grammar he'd perfect in Gun Crazy (1950).

Trivia

The 'silver bullet' refers to both Jim's calling card and his father's murder weapon — a literal Chekhov's gun.

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