The only film Murphy made in 1952 was "The Duel at Silver Creek" with director Don Siegel. Murphy worked with Siegel one more time in 1958 for "The Gun Runners". In 1953, he starred in Frederick de Cordova's "Column South", and played Jim Harvey in Nathan Juran's "Tumbleweed", an adaptation of the Kenneth Perkins novel "Three Were Renegades". Director Nathan Juran also directed "Gunsmoke" and "Drums Across the River". George Marshall directed Murphy in the 1954 "Destry", a remake of "Destry Rides Again", based on a character created by author Max Brand.