Cripple Creek (film)

In 1893, outlaws are stealing high-grade ore, smelting it and plating it to resemble lead. The government sends agents Bret Ivers and Larry Galland, who arrive in Cripple Creek posing as Texas gunfighters. While their partner Strap Galland works undercover as an informant, Bret finds the smelting operation and Larry learns of the payoff. The crooked town marshal is suspicious of the men. When the men's identities are exposed, their lives are in danger. ==Cast==

• George Montgomery as Bret Ivers • Jerome Courtland as Larry Galland • Richard Egan as Strap Galland alias Gillis • Karin Booth as Julie Hanson • William Bishop as Silver Kirby • Don Porter as Denver Jones • John Dehner as Emil Cabeau • Roy Roberts as Marshal John Tetheroe • George Cleveland as 'Hardrock' Hanson ==Production==

Production began in mid-August 1951 and was completed by the end of the month. == Reception ==

In a contemporary review for The Boston Globe, critic Marjory Adams wrote: "The action is fast but sometimes the situations 'are more comic strip in character than credible." ==See also==