On YouTube is a not-very-good of a print of "The Rawhide Terror" that is in no way a "horror" film, but it is a horror of a Western.
Supposedly it started life as a serial, which might explain some of the gaps in the narrative, but perhaps good editing could have saved it, if there had been more of the story compacted and the story complete.
Though Art Mix is billed first, Edmund Cobb ends as the main character, and that ending is just ... well, out of the blue.
There is not much reason to watch this, except to complete your knowledge of the history of B Westerns. There is little excitement, there is the Hollywood convention of a psychotic who laughs all the time, as symbol of his insanity -- or in other films of his marijuana use.
There is a good cast, and Herman Hack, credited with 811 roles, actually gets lines in this one.
William Desmond gets a nice part, and Frances Morris, who had a long and busy career -- 248 credits listed here on IMDb -- was the leading lady.
It was fun to watch her mount a horse, but she wasn't a very good rider at this point. Maybe she learned later.
I've changed my mind: There ARE reasons to watch. Just don't expect a very good script, or good direction, or good editing.
Supposedly it started life as a serial, which might explain some of the gaps in the narrative, but perhaps good editing could have saved it, if there had been more of the story compacted and the story complete.
Though Art Mix is billed first, Edmund Cobb ends as the main character, and that ending is just ... well, out of the blue.
There is not much reason to watch this, except to complete your knowledge of the history of B Westerns. There is little excitement, there is the Hollywood convention of a psychotic who laughs all the time, as symbol of his insanity -- or in other films of his marijuana use.
There is a good cast, and Herman Hack, credited with 811 roles, actually gets lines in this one.
William Desmond gets a nice part, and Frances Morris, who had a long and busy career -- 248 credits listed here on IMDb -- was the leading lady.
It was fun to watch her mount a horse, but she wasn't a very good rider at this point. Maybe she learned later.
I've changed my mind: There ARE reasons to watch. Just don't expect a very good script, or good direction, or good editing.