The Terror of Tiny Town

The Terror of Tiny Town

62 mins | Comedy, Western | Dec. 1, 1938

Using a conventional Western story with an all dwarf cast, the filmmakers were able to showcase gags such as cowboys entering the local saloon by walking under the swinging doors, and pint-sized cowboys galloping around on Shetland ponies while roping calves.

The Terror of Tiny Town

62 mins | Comedy, Western | Dec. 1, 1938

The Terror of Tiny Town
Using a conventional Western story with an all dwarf cast, the filmmakers were able to showcase gags such as cowboys entering the local saloon by walking under the swinging doors, and pint-sized cowboys galloping around on Shetland ponies while roping calves.
IMDb rating 3.9
Producers Columbia Pictures, Jed Buell Productions
Original title The Terror of Tiny Town
Directors Sam Newfield
Writers Clarence Marks, Fred Myton

Cast

Billy Curtis

as The Hero (Buck Lawson)

Yvonne Moray

as The Girl (Nancy Preston)

'Little Billy' Rhodes

as The Villain (Bat Haines) (as Little Billy)

Billy Platt

as The Rich Uncle (Jim 'Tex' Preston) (as Bill Platt)

John T. Bambury

as The Ranch Owner (Pop Lawson) (as John Bambury)

Joseph Herbst

as The Sheriff

Charles Becker

as The Cook (Otto)

Nita Krebs

as The Vampire (Nita, the dance hall girl)

George Ministeri

as The Blacksmith (Armstrong)

Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky

as The Barber (Sammy) (as Karl Casitzky)

Fern Formica

as Diamond Dolly (as Johnnie Fern)

William H. O'Docharty

as The Old Soak (as W.H. O'Docharty)

Jerry Maren

as Townsperson

Franz Balluck

as Villager

Josefine Balluck

as Villager

Christine Buresh

as Villager

Lida Buresh

as Villager

Stephen Chase

as Master of Ceremonies

Marie Winters

as Villager