Silver River is a 1948 American western film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan and Thomas Mitchell.

Encouraged by the President, McComb plans on extending his empire up to and including Black Rock Range.

Although he is aware of the dangerous Shoshone Indians in that area, he assigns the pliable Stanley to realize his plans.

When Plato makes him feel guilty, McComb warns Georgia about the danger her husband is in, but it turns out that they are too late: Stanley has been killed by the Indians.

Meanwhile, Plato runs for the United States Senate and in front of a crowd is killed by his rival, Banjo Sweeney.

He promises to make Silver City a better place, and Georgia, impressed with McComb's new attitude, reunites with him.

The film began as an original story for the screen by Stephen Longstreet, who had written Stallion Road.

[5] It was bought by Warner Bros announced in December 1946 that they would make it as a vehicle for Humphrey Bogart with Owen Crump to produce.

"[14] Raoul Walsh agreed to take on direction, determined to keep the film's star Errol Flynn on a "short leash".

"[16] Longstreet says Ann Sheridan was known for "lapping up the sauce" as well, and claims Walsh told him "Kid, write it fast.

"[19] However the writer says one morning he arrived on set to find Walsh tearing pages out of the script because they contained "too much yak-yak."

[15]Longstreet said "the stars' behavior resulted in delays, which led to cost overruns, which forced the studio heads to declare Silver River was finished.

[21] The New York Times said Walsh crammed "all the excitement... into the first ten minutes or so" and argued the film "went downhill after that.

After an exciting opening sequence set during the Civil War (which feels like it was tacked on to jazz things up after an unsuccessful preview because it doesn’t have that much to do with the plot), the story slows down and becomes this weird slog."