Buck Jones (Sheriff Larry Williams), Miriam Seegar (June Denton), Charles Morton (Mart Denton), Erville Alderson (Jeff Denton), Hank Mann (Cock-Eye), Edward LeSaint (Amos), Charles King (Skeets), Inez Gomez (Maria), Violet Axzelle (Molly, daughter of Amos), Jack Curtis (Hank, the smith), Slim Whitaker (Steve), Vester Pegg (Mac), Charles West (bartender), Buck Connors (Jim Anderson), Bob Fleming (Slim), Charles Brinley, Bob Burns (settlers), Jack King, William McCall (townsmen), and "Silver".
Director: CHRISTY CABANNE. Screenplay: John Tomas Neville. Story: Forrest Sheldon. Photography: Ted McCord. Film editor: James Sweeney. Sound recording: Bruce Piersall. Producer: Sol Lesser. Executive producer: Harry Cohn.
Copyright 16 December 1930 by Columbia Pictures Corporation. A Graham Jones Production for Beverly Productions/Columbia. No recorded New York opening. U.S. release: 23 November 1930. 7 reels. 66 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: A popular sheriff finds himself in the middle of a potential range war.
COMMENT: The basic story has been filmed many times, but despite its familiarity, Mr. Neville has worked up a tight screenplay with many fascinating turns of plot. This well-knit script has been turned over to a bunch of skillful actors and technicians (among whom we must single out director Christy Cabanne and cinematographer Ted McCord).
True, stuttering Hank Mann and heavily inebriated Jack Curtis join the cast to provide a bit of humdrum comedy relief, but not to worry because Mr. Jones is quite capable of carrying the whole story on his own broad shoulders. Nonetheless he gets good help from Miriam Seegar's sympathetic little heroine, Charles Morton's good guy turned bad and Erville Alderson's protective but one-eyed father.
By "B" standards, production values are high, with enough action for the men, enough romance for the ladies.
Director: CHRISTY CABANNE. Screenplay: John Tomas Neville. Story: Forrest Sheldon. Photography: Ted McCord. Film editor: James Sweeney. Sound recording: Bruce Piersall. Producer: Sol Lesser. Executive producer: Harry Cohn.
Copyright 16 December 1930 by Columbia Pictures Corporation. A Graham Jones Production for Beverly Productions/Columbia. No recorded New York opening. U.S. release: 23 November 1930. 7 reels. 66 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: A popular sheriff finds himself in the middle of a potential range war.
COMMENT: The basic story has been filmed many times, but despite its familiarity, Mr. Neville has worked up a tight screenplay with many fascinating turns of plot. This well-knit script has been turned over to a bunch of skillful actors and technicians (among whom we must single out director Christy Cabanne and cinematographer Ted McCord).
True, stuttering Hank Mann and heavily inebriated Jack Curtis join the cast to provide a bit of humdrum comedy relief, but not to worry because Mr. Jones is quite capable of carrying the whole story on his own broad shoulders. Nonetheless he gets good help from Miriam Seegar's sympathetic little heroine, Charles Morton's good guy turned bad and Erville Alderson's protective but one-eyed father.
By "B" standards, production values are high, with enough action for the men, enough romance for the ladies.