The Thundering Herd (1933)

Both Sprague and Jett and their crews are hunting buffalo. Doan is with Sprague and is looking for the Jett outfit where his girlfriend Milly is being held against her will. In addition to ... See full summary »

Director:

Henry Hathaway

Writers:

Zane Grey (story), Jack Cunningham (adaptation)

Stars:

Randolph Scott, Judith Allen, Buster Crabbe

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Randolph Scott	...	Tom Doan
Judith Allen	...	Milly Fayre
Buster Crabbe	...	Bill - Stage driver
Noah Beery	...	Randall Jett
Raymond Hatton	...	Jude Pilchuk, Spraque's Partner
Blanche Friderici	...	Mrs. Jane Jett (as Blanche Frederici)
Harry Carey	...	Clark Spraque, Hide Dealer
Monte Blue	...	Smiley a Buffalo Hunter
Barton MacLane	...	Pruitt, Jett's Henchman

Storyline

Both Sprague and Jett and their crews are hunting buffalo. Doan is with Sprague and is looking for the Jett outfit where his girlfriend Milly is being held against her will. In addition to the thieving Jett who is stealing Sprague's furs, the Indians are gathering to attack all the white buffalo hunters.

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Plot Keywords:

buffalo | kidnapping | native american

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Taglines:

HE FLIRTS WITH DEATH...and a Beautiful Girl!

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

Passed

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 March 1933 (USA)

Also Known As:

Buffalo Stampede

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

62 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

During the first scene between Randolph Scott and Buster Crabbe, the shadow of the boom mike is clearly visible on both actors.

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Quotes

Jude Pilchuk, Spraque's Partner: Ah, well, being in love ain't going to hurt him. Ain't no harm in that. It's getting hitched is where the trouble begins.

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Connections

Featured in Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000)

User Reviews

Oh, Give Me A Home Where The Buffalo Roam.

This is one of a group of westerns that Randolph Scott's home studio of Paramount assigned to him. Filmed previously as a silent and taking use of a lot of the action sequences from the silent version, Thundering Herd's source was one of Zane Grey's novels.

This is not the Randolph Scott we became acquainted with post World War Two in the westerns he did then. He plays a callow youth here, although he's 35 in real life. He's in the employ of a Harry Carey and Raymond Hatton, partners in a buffalo hunting outfit. Carey and Hatton run an honest group, but there's a rival outfit headed by Noah Beery, Sr. which gets hides the easy way, murdering whites and/or Indians for them.

Randolph Scott has a hankering for Judith Allen who's Beery's stepdaughter. Of course so has Beery to the discomfort of his wife, Blanche Frederici. Throw in a buffalo stampede and an Indian attack and I think you can figure the rest out.

It's good action from Paramount's B picture unit.