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The Terror of Tiny Town (1938)

APPROVED 62 min  -  Comedy | Musical | Western  -   1 December 1938 (USA)
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An evil gunslinging midget comes to terrorize the good little people of Tiny Town. The townspeople organize to defeat him, and zany antics ensue

Director:

Sam Newfield

Writers:

Fred Myton (original screenplay), Clarence Marks (added dialogue)
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Billy Curtis Billy Curtis ...
The Hero (Buck Lawson)
Yvonne Moray Yvonne Moray ...
The Girl (Nancy Preston)
'Little Billy' Rhodes 'Little Billy' Rhodes ...
The Villain (Bat Haines) (as Little Billy)
Billy Platt Billy Platt ...
The Rich Uncle (Jim 'Tex' Preston) (as Bill Platt)
John T. Bambury John T. Bambury ...
The Ranch Owner (Pop Lawson) (as John Bambury)
Joseph Herbst Joseph Herbst ...
The Sheriff
Charles Becker Charles Becker ...
The Cook (Otto)
Nita Krebs Nita Krebs ...
The Vampire (Nita, the dance hall girl)
George Ministeri George Ministeri ...
The Blacksmith (Armstrong)
Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky ...
The Barber (Sammy) (as Karl Casitzky)
Fern Formica Fern Formica ...
Diamond Dolly (as Johnnie Fern)
William H. O'Docharty William H. O'Docharty ...
The Old Soak (as W.H. O'Docharty)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jed Buell's Midgets Jed Buell's Midgets
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Storyline

An evil gunslinging midget comes to terrorize the good little people of Tiny Town. The townspeople organize to defeat him, and zany antics ensue Written by Lleij Schwartz <lleijs@hopper.unh.edu>  

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Taglines:

LIttle guys with big guns!

Genres:

Comedy | Musical | Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

De schrik van Lilliputstad See more »

Filming Locations:

Newhall, California, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$100,000 (estimated)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Following this film's release, it was reported that Jed Buell planned to use the same cast in a film version of the story of Paul Bunyan (with a large gentleman playing Bunyan). It is assumed this idea never got past the pre-production phase. See more »

Goofs

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When the dwarves are playing their musical instruments, the guy playing the cello gets his bow stuck in the strings and has to fight like mad to get it out. But the music continues. See more »

Quotes

The Hero (Buck Lawson): Dad, I jumped a bunch o' rustlers at work.
The Ranch Owner (Pop Lawson): Rustlers!
The Hero (Buck Lawson): They left in such a hurry, they forgot their branding iron.
The Ranch Owner (Pop Lawson): (examining iron) Cheap Work Pete!
The Hero (Buck Lawson): That's the way I read it.
The Ranch Owner (Pop Lawson): Why that low-down ki-yoat!
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Connections

Featured in Johnny Suede (1991) See more »

Soundtracks

"Laugh Your Troubles Away"
Written by Lew Porter See more »