Fair Warning | |
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Directed by | Alfred L. Werker |
Written by | Max Brand (novel) Ernest Pascal |
Starring | George O'Brien Louise Huntington Mitchell Harris |
Cinematography | Ross Fisher |
Edited by | Ralph Dietrich |
Music by | Arthur Kay |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Fair Warning is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring George O'Brien, Louise Huntington and Mitchell Harris. It is a remake of the 1920 silent film The Untamed . [1] The 1937 film Fair Warning is not a remake of this one. [2] The film's premise came from a novel by Max Brand, which initially was published in serial form in The All-Story from December 7, 1918, through January 11, 1919. [3]
When Whistlin' Dan Barry is warned to leave a town, he refuses to do so. As a result, he defeats Jim Silent (the town's villain) and gets romantic with Kate Cumberland. [2]
A review in Harrison's Reports called Fair Warning "an excellent outdoor picture" that had O'Brien in a fearless role, helping him to win "the spectator's good will, which follows him throughout the story." [4]
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