Bill Boyd (Bill Holbrook), Helen Twelvetrees (Mary Ellen Cameron), J. Farrell MacDonald (Jeff Cameron), William Farnum (Cash Holbrook), Clark Gable (Rance Brett), Charles Sellon (Tonopah), Wade Boteler (Bob Carson), Will Walling (Kirby), Guy Edward Hearn (Tex), Edmund Breese (Judge Kirby), Al St John (Buck), James Donlan (Steve), Richard Kramer (Provney), Edgar Dearing (Buck's partner), William Le Maire, Clem Beauchamp, James Mason, Cliff Lyons, Brady Kline, George Burton, Cy Clegg, Jerry Drew, Hugh Adams.
Director: HOWARD HIGGIN. Screenplay: Howard Higgin, Tom Buckingham. Film editor: Clarence Kolster. Photography: Edward Snyder. Art director: Carroll Clark. Costumes: Gwen Wakeling. Music: Francis Gromon. Camera operator: Joseph La Shelle. Script clerk: Colbert Clark. Sound recording: Homer Ackerman. Ben Winkler. Producer: E.B. Derr. Copyright 12 January 1931 by Pathe Exchange, Inc. U.S. release through RKO-Pathe: 18 January 1931. New York opening at the Hippodrome: 8 March 1931. 8 reels. 79 minutes.
COMMENT: Some admirable attempts to build up atmosphere are undermined both by budget restrictions and a script that seems determined to lay all the blame on Clark (who actually has a minor role, but plays it well). It's the lovely Helen Twelvetrees, garrulous J. Farrell MacDonald and silent-movie-sinister William Farnum who make all the running.
A pity the conclusion is a cop-out, but nonetheless an entertainingly atmospheric film up to that point, even if a little dialogue-bound and somewhat short on actual action (aside from the spectacular dynamiting scene, most of it occurs off-camera).
Director: HOWARD HIGGIN. Screenplay: Howard Higgin, Tom Buckingham. Film editor: Clarence Kolster. Photography: Edward Snyder. Art director: Carroll Clark. Costumes: Gwen Wakeling. Music: Francis Gromon. Camera operator: Joseph La Shelle. Script clerk: Colbert Clark. Sound recording: Homer Ackerman. Ben Winkler. Producer: E.B. Derr. Copyright 12 January 1931 by Pathe Exchange, Inc. U.S. release through RKO-Pathe: 18 January 1931. New York opening at the Hippodrome: 8 March 1931. 8 reels. 79 minutes.
COMMENT: Some admirable attempts to build up atmosphere are undermined both by budget restrictions and a script that seems determined to lay all the blame on Clark (who actually has a minor role, but plays it well). It's the lovely Helen Twelvetrees, garrulous J. Farrell MacDonald and silent-movie-sinister William Farnum who make all the running.
A pity the conclusion is a cop-out, but nonetheless an entertainingly atmospheric film up to that point, even if a little dialogue-bound and somewhat short on actual action (aside from the spectacular dynamiting scene, most of it occurs off-camera).