The Terror of Tiny Town (1938)
LIttle guys with big guns!
In a wild west community populated entirely by residents with dwarfism, the Larson and Preston familes have been in a generations-long feud, recently strained by the actions of cattle rustler and overall devious criminal Bat Haines. Buck Larson, the hero of our tale, takes on Haines, and tries to win the heart of Nancy Preston while resolving the tensions between his and her families.
- Date of release
- 1938-12-01
- TMDB
- 3.4 / 10 (34)
- Runtime
- 1h 2m
- Genres
- Western, Comedy, Music
- Director
- Sam Newfield
Casting
- Billy Curtis — The Hero (Buck Lawson)
- Yvonne Moray — The Girl (Nancy Preston)
- 'Little Billy' Rhodes — The Villain (Bat Haines) (as Little Billy)
- Billy Platt — The Rich Uncle (Jim 'Tex' Preston) (as Bill Platt)
- John T. Bambury — The Ranch Owner (Pop Lawson) (as John Bambury)
- Joseph Herbst — The Sheriff
- Charles Becker — The Cook (Otto)
- Nita Krebs — The Vampire (Nita, the dance hall girl)
- George Ministeri — The Blacksmith (Armstrong)
- Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky — The Barber (Sammy) (as Karl Casitzky)
- Fern Formica — Diamond Dolly (as Johnnie Fern)
- William H. O'Docharty — The Old Soak (as W.H. O'Docharty)
Interesting facts
The Terror of Tiny Town is a 1938 American musical Western film produced by Jed Buell, directed by Sam Newfield and starring Billy Curtis. The film was shot at a sound studio in Hollywood and partly at Placeritos Ranch in Placerita Canyon, California. The inspiration came when Buell overheard an employee jokingly say "If this economic dive keeps going, we'll be using midgets as actors".
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