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Plot

Cripple Creek is an excellent example of Columbia's "A-minus/B-plus" Technicolor westerns of the 1950s. Government agent Bret Ivers (George Montgomery) goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of gold smugglers. Ivers and his two partners (Jerome Courtland and Richard Egan) face exposure and sudden death at every turn; indeed, one of the federal agents meets his demise before the film is a third over. The villains are the erudite-but-deadly Denver Jones (John Dehner) and the just-plain-deadly Silver Kirby (William Bishop). With so much already in its favor, Cripple Creek hardly needs a romantic interest, but Columbia had to keep contract actress Karin Booth busy, thus she shows up briefly as a flashy saloon gal.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Action,Westerns
Run Time:
78min.
Director(s):
Ray Nazarro
Starring:
George Montgomery , Karin [Katharine] Booth , Jerome Courtland , William Bishop , Richard Egan
Themes:
Going Undercover
Tone:
Tense
Keywords:
bad-guy,federal-agent,gangster,gold,gold-mine,gold-rush,good-guy,justice,lawman,loot,mine,outlaw [Western],robbery,smuggling,suspicion,tracking [following],undercover