A Holy Terror

A Holy Terror
Directed by	Irving Cummings
Produced by	Edmund Grainger
Written by	Ralph Block Alfred A. Cohn Myron C. Fagan
Based on	Trailin'! by Max Brand
Starring	George O'Brien Sally Eilers Rita La Roy Humphrey Bogart
Cinematography	George Schneiderman
Edited by	Ralph Dixon
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release dates	July 19, 1931 (1931-07-19)
Running time	53 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

A Holy Terror is a 1931 American Pre-Code Western movie starring George O'Brien, Sally Eilers, Rita La Roy, and Humphrey Bogart. The film is an adaptation by Ralph Block, Alfred A. Cohn, and Myron C. Fagan of the novel Trailin'! by Max Brand. It was directed by Irving Cummings.

Plot

Polo player Tony Bard (George O'Brien) travels West to investigate his father's murder, and meets Jerry Foster (Sally Eilers) on a Wyoming ranch. After being kidnapped, Tony escapes and discovers his true father (James Kirkwood) and learns that he was raised by another man (Robert Warwick) who was in love with his mother.^[1]^[2]

Cast

George O'Brien as Tony Bard aka "Woodbury"
Sally Eilers as Jerry Foster
Rita La Roy as Kitty Carroll
Humphrey Bogart as Steve Nash
James Kirkwood as William Drew
Stanley Fields as Butch Morgan
Robert Warwick as John Bard aka "Thomas Woodbury"
Richard Tucker as Tom Hedges
Earl Pingree as Jim Lawler, Ranch Manager
Ralph Bucko as Wrangler (uncredited)
George Chandler as Joe, Western Union Clerk (uncredited)
Wong Chung as Cook (uncredited)
John Elliott as Sheriff (uncredited)
Bud Geary as Tony's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Otto Han as Houseboy (uncredited)
Walter Hiers as Traveling Salesman (uncredited)
Fred Kohler, Jr. as Party Guest (uncredited)
Jerry Mandy as Louie, the Barber (uncredited)
Franklin Parker as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Julian Rivero as Woodbury's Butler (uncredited)
Oscar Smith as Stuttering Servant (uncredited)
Slim Whitaker as Johnson (uncredited)
Jay Wilsey as Cowboy (uncredited)

Notes and references

↑ Pitts, Michael R. (2012). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-4766-0090-1.
↑ Solomon, Aubrey (2011). The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland. p. 328. ISBN 978-0-7864-8610-6.

External links

A Holy Terror at the Internet Movie Database
synopsis at AllMovie
MaxBrandOnline.com
dvd of the film

Films directed by Irving Cummings

Flesh and Blood (1922)
The Johnstown Flood (1926)
The Port of Missing Girls (1928)
Romance of the Underworld (1928)
In Old Arizona (1929)
Behind That Curtain (1929)
Not Quite Decent (1929)
A Holy Terror (1931)
The Cisco Kid (1931)
Attorney for the Defense (1932)
Man Hunt (1933)
I Believed in You (1934)
Grand Canary (1934)
The White Parade (1934)
Curly Top (1935)
Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
Girls' Dormitory (1936)
White Hunter (1936)
Vogues of 1938 (1937)
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
Just Around the Corner (1938)
Everything Happens at Night (1939)
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
Lillian Russell (1940)
Down Argentine Way (1940)
That Night in Rio (1941)
Belle Starr (1941)
Louisiana Purchase (1941)
My Gal Sal (1942)
Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
The Impatient Years (1944)
The Dolly Sisters (1945)
Double Dynamite (1951)

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