A Holy Terror should be a must see for Humphrey Bogart ( Steve Nash) and Western fans ( and I am both). The good news is you can find it on Youtube, the bad news is it is missing a couple of minutes. Here is something interesting: George O'Brien (Tony) was a well established Western Actor ( even was in John Ford's 1924 silent epic 'The Iron Horse'), but except the scene where Tony crashes his plane into Jerry's (Sally Ellers) bathroom), the entire movie is dominated by Bogart. Unlike a lot of early movies of film stars, the Bogart bad guy character that people know and love is on full display here. Which is a reason why A Holy Terror is actually his best or second best western ( depending on if you consider The Treasure of the Sierra Madre a western ( and I do) so I rate it second). Spoilers ahead: As you might expect, Tony and Jerry ( who Steve liked) end up together, but because the film ends very abruptly, you do not know for sure what happens to Bogart at the end. But you have to assume he gets his. I really enjoyed every minute of the movie, but the missing 5 minutes ( which included O'Brien trying to ride a difficult horse ( which you can tell he mastered because he rode him the rest of the film)), is certainly a negative. Which is why I give it a 9/10 instead of a 10/10.
Review of A Holy Terror
