Arizona Terror
{{short description|1931 film}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2021}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Arizona Terror
| image = Arizona Terror poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = Phil Rosen
| producer = Phil Goldstone
| writer = Jack Natteford
| starring = Ken Maynard
Lina Basquette
Hooper Atchley
| music =
| cinematography = Arthur Reed
| editing = Martin G. Cohn
| studio = Tiffany Productions
| distributor = Tiffany Productions
| released = {{Film date|1931|09|13}}
| runtime = 65 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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Arizona Terror is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Ken Maynard, Lina Basquette and Hooper Atchley.Richard Aquila. The Sagebrush Trail: Western Movies and Twentieth-Century America. University of Arizona Press, 2015, p. 124[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3895 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Arizona Terror]
Plot
Businessman Cole Porter buys cattle from ranchers only to kill them later and recover the money that he paid them. His scheme begins to unravel when one rancher (The Arizonian) survives being wounded. Kay Moore finds The Arizonian and cares for him at her home until her father becomes the next victim. Moore suspects The Arizonian of being the culprit. He flees and joins Mexican outlaw Emilio Vasquez to capture Porter and reveal him as the true criminal.{{cite web |last1=Wollstein |first1=Hans J. |title=Arizona Terror (1931) |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/arizona-terror-v2835 |website=AllMovie |access-date=July 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710000856/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/arizona-terror-v2835 |archive-date=July 10, 2021}}
Cast
- Ken Maynard as The Arizonian
- Lina Basquette as Kay Moore
- Hooper Atchley as Captain Cole Porter
- Nina Quartero as Lola
- Michael Visaroff as Emilio Vasquez
- Murdock MacQuarrie as Joe Moore
- Charles King as Henchman Ike
- Tom London as Henchman Chuckawalla
Production
In addition to Rosen as director, Phil Goldstone was the producer, and Jack Natteford was the writer. Arthur Reed was the photographer, Ralph M. DeLacy was the art director, and Martin G. Cohn was the film editor.{{cite web |title=Arizona Terror (1931) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/3895-ARIZONA-TERROR?sid=afe20bd4-a01e-44bc-b8a8-dfb8c5b4400c&sr=10.470186&cp=1&pos=0 |website=AFI Catalog |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=July 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210710002336/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/3895-ARIZONA-TERROR?sid=afe20bd4-a01e-44bc-b8a8-dfb8c5b4400c&sr=10.470186&cp=1&pos=0 |archive-date=July 10, 2021}} Vasquez Rocks in California served as the location setting.{{cite news |title='Arizona Terror' At Roxie Friday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81135980/arizona-terror/ |access-date=July 10, 2021 |work=Nevada State Journal |date=October 4, 1931 |location=Nevada, Reno |page=10|via = Newspapers.com}}
Reception
Harrison's Reports described the film as "A fair Western" with "good horseback riding, plentiful fights, and fast action."{{cite news |title='The Arizona Terror' with Ken Maynard |url=https://archive.org/details/harrisonsreports00harr_6/page/159/mode/1up?view=theater&q=%22Arizona+Terror%22 |access-date=July 10, 2021 |work=Harrison's Reports |date=October 3, 1931 |page=159}}
Preservation
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