RAWHIDE TERROR (1934) Art Mix, Edmund Cobb & William Desmond | Western | B&W

The Rawhide Terror is a 1934 American Western horror film directed by Bruce M. Mitchell and Jack Nelson.

SYNOPSIS
Twelve renegades dressed as Indians kill the parents of two brothers. The brothers who have similar birth marks then separate. Ten years later a man known as the Rawhide Terror is murdering the renegades who are now town citizens.

A gang of renegades disguised as Indians murder the parents of two brothers, as a result, the brothers separate. Ten years later, a stranger known as the Rawhide Terror begins murdering the renegades, who have now become citizens of the local town called Red Dog. As the town frantically attempts to track down the killer, the destinies of the two brothers draw closer together and the identity of the killer is soon revealed.

CAST & CREW
Art Mix as Al, a Blake ranch hand
Edmund Cobb as Sheriff
William Desmond as Tom Blake, Betty's older brother
William Barrymore as Brent
Frances Morris as Betty Blake
George Holt as Renegade leader
Bill Patton as Renegade
Herman Hack as Deputy Hack
Tommy Bupp as Jimmy Brent
Fred Parker as Pappy / Banker

Directed by Bruce M. Mitchell, Jack Nelson
Screenplay by Jack Nelson
Story by Victor Adamson
Produced by Victor Adamson
Cinematography A.J. Fitzpatrick, Bert Longenecker
Edited by Frances Burroughs
Production company Victor Adamson Productions
Distributed by Superior Talking Pictures (United States), Equity British Films (United Kingdom)
Release dates 2 December 1934 (United States), 22 October 1936 (London)
Running time 47 minutes
Country United States
Language English

NOTES
The Rawhide Terror was the final screen collaboration between Victor Adamson and George Kesterson (under his stage name Art Mix), the latter of whom Adamson's company was named after. Originally envisioned as a movie serial titled The Pueblo Terror, it was later cut from its original 52 minute length and converted into a 46–47 minute feature film when funding for the film fell through. In spite of this, the film has been incorrectly listed under its original 52 minute runtime.

The Rawhide Terror has received no attention from mainstream critics. Reviews that exist on the film have been mostly negative, with many calling the film "sloppy" and "crudely made". Author Michael R. Pitts criticized the film, calling it "a failed experiment in the mixing of two fairly distinct genres", and criticized the film's poor cinematography, and lack of plot continuity. Hans J. Wollstein from Allmovie called it "convincingly eerie, in no small measure due to a potent performance by the mystery killer". Max Sparber from Wildest West.com awarded the film 1/5 stars, writing, "A Poverty Row Western about a weird, revenging figure with a rawhide strap across his face, made by filmmakers who seemed to understand the pleasures of pulp fiction without having any idea how to put it on the screen."

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