The Rawhide Terror
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| The Rawhide Terror | |
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| Directed by | Bruce M. Mitchell Jack Nelson |
| Screenplay by | Jack Nelson |
| Story by | Victor Adamson |
| Produced by | Victor Adamson |
| Starring | Art Mix Edmund Cobb William Desmond William Barrymore Frances Morris |
| Cinematography | A.J. Fitzpatrick Bert Longenecker |
| Edited by | Frances Burroughs |
Production company | Victor Adamson Productions |
| Distributed by | Superior Talking Pictures (United States) Equity British Films (United Kingdom) |
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Running time | 47 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Rawhide Terror is a 1934 American Western horror film directed by Bruce M. Mitchell and Jack Nelson.
Plot summary[edit]
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A gang of renegades disguised as Indians murder the parents of two brothers, as a result, the brothers separate. Ten years later, a stranger known as the Rawhide Terror begins murdering the renegades, who have now become citizens of the local town called Red Dog. As the town frantically attempts to track down the killer, the destinies of the two brothers draw closer together and the identity of the killer is soon revealed.
Cast[edit]
- Art Mix as Al, a Blake ranch hand
- Edmund Cobb as Sheriff
- William Desmond as Tom Blake, Betty's older brother
- William Barrymore as Brent
- Frances Morris as Betty Blake
- George Holt as Renegade leader
- Bill Patton as Renegade
- Herman Hack as Deputy Hack
- Tommy Bupp as Jimmy Brent
- Fred Parker as Pappy / Banker
Production[edit]
The Rawhide Terror was the final screen collaboration between Victor Adamson and George Kesterson (under his stage name Art Mix), the latter of whom Adamson's company was named after.[2] Originally envisioned as a movie serial titled The Pueblo Terror,[3] it was later cut from its original 52 minute length and converted into a 46–47 minute feature film when funding for the film fell through.[4] In spite of this, the film has been incorrectly listed under its original 52 minute runtime.[5][6][7][8]
Release[edit]
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Home media[edit]
The film was released on DVD by Image Entertainment as a part of its "Creepy Cowboys: Four Weird Westerns" film pack on April 25, 2006. It was later released by Alpha Video on January 31, 2011.[9]
Reception[edit]
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The Rawhide Terror has received no attention from mainstream critics. Reviews that exist on the film have been mostly negative, with many calling the film "sloppy" and "crudely made".[10] Author Michael R. Pitts criticized the film, calling it "a failed experiment in the mixing of two fairly distinct genres", and criticized the film's poor cinematography, and lack of plot continuity.[2] Hans J. Wollstein from Allmovie called it "convincingly eerie, in no small measure due to a potent performance by the mystery killer".[11] Max Sparber from Wildest West.com awarded the film 1/5 stars, writing, "A Poverty Row Western about a weird, revenging figure with a rawhide strap across his face, made by filmmakers who seemed to understand the pleasures of pulp fiction without having any idea how to put it on the screen."[12]
References[edit]
Bibliography
- Hardy, Phil (1983). The Western. W. Morrow. ISBN 978-0-688-00946-5.
- Katchmer, George A. (1991). Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-89950-494-0.
- Pitts, Michael R. (September 17, 2015). Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1036-8.
- Price, Michael H. (2003). Forgotten Horrors 3: Dr. Turner's House of Horrors. Midnight Marquee & BearManor Media. GGKEY:7KKCHSZ7TSQ.
- Rainey, Buck (2004). The Strong, Silent Type: Over 100 Screen Cowboys, 1903–1930. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1286-0.
- Sykes, Brad (April 4, 2018). Terror in the Desert: Dark Cinema of the American Southwest. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-3132-5.
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Catalog – The Rawhide Terror". AFI.com. American Film Institute. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- ^ a b Pitts 2015, pp. 12–13.
- ^ Price 2003, pp. 28.
- ^ Eaker, Alfred (September 18, 2014). "CREEPY COWBOYS: 4 WEIRD WESTERNS". 366WeirdMovies.com. Alfred Eaker. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- ^ Katchmer 1991, pp. 242.
- ^ Rainey 2004, pp. 32.
- ^ "The Rawhide Terror (1934) – Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes.com. Flixer. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ Hardy 1983, pp. 388.
- ^ "The Rawhide Terror (1934) – Bruce Mitchell, Jack Nelson". Allmovie.com. AllMovie. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ Sykes 2018, pp. 9.
- ^ Wollstein, Hans. "The Rawhide Terror (1934) – Bruce Mitchell, Jack Nelson". Allmovie.com. Hans J. Wollstein. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ Sparber, Max. "Weird Westerns: The Rawhide Terror (1934)". Wildest West.com. Max Sparber. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
External links[edit]
- The Rawhide Terror at the American Film Institute Catalog
- The Rawhide Terror at AllMovie
- The Rawhide Terror at IMDb
- The Rawhide Terror at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Rawhide Terror at the TCM Movie Database
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