The Indians Are Coming

The Indians Are Coming (1930)

Painted RED DEVILS on a Blood Thirsty Rampage!

Jack Manning (Tim McCoy) arrives in a midwestern town from Gold Creek in Califonia. He brings a message from Goerge Woods (Francis Ford) to his brother Tom Woods (Francis Ford), in a dual role, and niece Mary (Allene Ray, informing them he has struck gold and asking them to join him in California via a wagon train. Jack and Mary fall in love to the great displeasure of Rance Carter (Wilbur McGaugh) who has a yen for Mary himself. Jack and Mary not only have to be wary of Carter's crooked ways and machinations, but also of Indian uprisings, caused by Carter.

Date of release
1930-10-09
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (3)
Runtime
3h 20m
Genres
Western
Director
Henry MacRae

Casting

Interesting facts

The Indians Are Coming is a 1930 American Pre-Code Universal movie serial based on The Great West That Was by William "Buffalo Bill" Cody. The serial was the first "all-talking" film of its kind. It played at The Roxy Theatre and was responsible for saving the film serial format into the sound era.

Production

Along with a sequel Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931), this serial was based on a book called The Great West That Was by William "Buffalo Bill" Cody. Henry MacRae was the director. It reused stock footage of an Indian raid on a wagon train from the silent western The Flaming Frontier (1926).

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