Terror Mountain is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Louis King and written by Frank Howard Clark and Helen Gregg. The film stars Tom Tyler, Jane Reid, Al Ferguson, Jules Cowles and Frankie Darro. The film was released on August 19, 1928, by Film Booking Offices of America.[1][2][3] It was also released as Terror and Tom's Vacation.[4]
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| Directed by | Louis King |
| Screenplay by | Frank Howard Clark Helen Gregg |
| Story by | Wyndham Gittens |
| Starring | Tom Tyler Jane Reid Al Ferguson Jules Cowles Frankie Darro |
| Cinematography | Nicholas Musuraca |
| Edited by | Della M. King |
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| Distributed by | Film Booking Offices of America |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Plot
editTwo young orphans, Buddy and Lucille Roberts, living in an old dark mansion atop a mountain are assailed regularly by ghostly apparitions and mysterious death threats. They enlist the aid of a famous Hollywood Western movie star named Tom Tyler (with Tyler actually playing himself in the film) to investigate the situation and help them discover who is menacing them. It turns out a bunch of crooks have been using the old house as a hideout, and they were the ones trying to scare the kids into leaving so that the children would never discover the valuable cache of silver hidden years before in the house by their deceased uncle. Tyler captures the gang and turns them over to the authorities, then makes sure the siblings get their uncle's valuable stash. He caps off the film by adopting the two misfortunates and relocating them to his beautiful Hollywood estate.
Cast
edit- Tom Tyler as Tom Tyler
- Jane Reid as Lucille Roberts
- Al Ferguson as Luke Thorne
- Jules Cowles as Jed Burke
- Frankie Darro as Buddy Roberts
References
edit- ^ "Terror Mountain (1928) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- ^ Hans J. Wollstein. "Terror Mountain (1928) - Louis King". AllMovie. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- ^ "Terror Mountain". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p.334. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.