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Copper Canyon

Copper Canyon

★ 5,7 /10 (24 Votes)
1950 EN 84 min

Overview

A group of copper miners, Southern veterans, are terrorized by local rebel-haters, led by deputy Lane Travis. The miners ask stage sharpshooter Johnny Carter to help them, under the impression that he is the legendary Colonel Desmond. It seems they're wrong; but Johnny's show comes to Coppertown and Johnny romances lovely gambler Lisa Roselle, whom the miners believe is at the center of their troubles.

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Release date

15/11/1950

Votes

24

Popularity

2.3

The story of the Old West's valley of violence!

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

84 min

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John Chard

John Chard

2017-06-15

⭐ 6

Smoke and Mirrors. Copper Canyon is directed by John Farrow and written by John Latimer. It stars Ray Milland, Hedy Lamarr, Macdonald Carey, Mona Freeman and Harry Carey Junior. Music is by Daniele Amfitheatrof and cinematography by Charles Lang. In the bitter period after the Civil War a band of Confederate veterans hoped to start life anew in the rich copper country of the West. They were prepared for the hardships of nature - but not for the greed of men. Much of this production is beautiful and handsome, tech credits are high end, the Technicolor sizzling, costuming sharp, the loc…

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2026-08-08

⭐ 6

The dapper "Carter" (Ray Milland) makes a living doing sharp-shooting performances as if he were something of a circus performer until he visits "Coppertown" where he is asked by the local residents to step in and help them fight against deputy "Travis" (Macdonald Carey) who wants to steal their copper mining claims. Most of these miners are former confederate soldiers who are under the misapprehension that their would-be saviour is noneother than the legendary "Col. Desmond", but he is hesitant to get himself involved in anyone else's problems until he alights on the feisty "Lisa" (Hedy Lamar…

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