Texas Terror (film)

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Texas Terror
Texas Terror.jpg
Theatrical poster
Directed by Robert N. Bradbury
Produced by Paul Malvern
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by Carl Pierson
Music byBilly Barber
Production
companies
Distributed byMonogram Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • February 1, 1935 (1935-02-01)
Running time
51 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Texas Terror is a 1935 American Monogram romantic Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring John Wayne, George "Gabby" Hayes and Lucile Brown.

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Cast

Lucile Browne and John Wayne in Texas Terror (cropped film still) Texas Terror (1935) 3.jpg
Lucile Browne and John Wayne in Texas Terror (cropped film still)

Reception

Texas Terror was released on February 1, 1935. [1]

Reviewing the film as part of a collection, Stuart Galbraith called it part of a series of "substandard, ultra-cheap John Wayne pictures". [2] Reviewing another collection, Ike Oden of DVD Verdict called it a "disposable footnote". [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Texas Terror (1935)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films . Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  2. Galbraith, Stuart (July 23, 2007). "Legends of the West – Volume 3 (33 Movies)". DVD Talk . Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  3. Oden, Ike (August 24, 2011). "John Wayne: The Tribute Collection". DVD Verdict . Retrieved February 20, 2015.