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A Holy Terror

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A Holy Terror
Directed byIrving Cummings
Written by
Based onTrailin'!
by Max Brand
Produced byEdmund Grainger
Starring
CinematographyGeorge Schneiderman
Edited byRalph Dixon
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • July 19, 1931 (1931-07-19)
Running time
53 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

A Holy Terror is a 1931 American pre-Code Western movie starring George O'Brien, Sally Eilers, Rita La Roy, and Humphrey Bogart. The film is an adaptation by Ralph Block, Alfred A. Cohn, and Myron C. Fagan of the novel Trailin'! by Max Brand. It was directed by Irving Cummings.

Plot

Polo player Tony Bard (George O'Brien) travels West to investigate his father's murder, and meets Jerry Foster (Sally Eilers) on a Wyoming ranch. After being kidnapped, Tony escapes and discovers his true father (James Kirkwood) and learns that he was raised by another man (Robert Warwick) who was in love with his mother.[1][2]

Cast

Notes and references

  1. ^ Pitts, Michael R. (2012). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-4766-0090-1.
  2. ^ Solomon, Aubrey (2011). The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland. p. 328. ISBN 978-0-7864-8610-6.