The Thundering Herd (1925 film)

Infobox Film
name = The Thundering Herd


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director = William K. Howard
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writer = Lucien Hubbard
starring = Jack Holt
Lois Wilson
Noah Beery
Raymond Hatton
Charles Ogle
Tim McCoy
cinematography = Lucien N. Andriot
distributor = Paramount Pictures
released = flagicon|US March 1, 1925
flagicon|Finland December 6, 1926
runtime = 70 min.
country = USA
language = Silent film
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amg_id = 1:113745
imdb_id = 0016430

"The Thundering Herd" is a 1925 black-and-white Western film featuring Jack Holt, Lois Wilson, Noah Beery, Raymond Hatton, Charles Ogle (the original 1910 "Frankenstein"), and Tim McCoy. The movie was written by Lucien Hubbard from the Zane Grey novel and directed by William K. Howard.

Cast

*Jack Holt as Tom Doan
*Lois Wilson as Milly Fayre
*Noah Beery, Sr. as Randall Jett
*Raymond Hatton as Jude Pilchuk
*Charles Ogle as Clark Hudnall
*Tim McCoy as Burn Hudnall

Context

*Jack Holt was the father of cowboy actor Tim Holt.
*Charles Ogle played the original screen Frankenstein's monster in Thomas Edison's 1910 version of "Frankenstein", predating the Boris Karloff interpretation by more than two decades.
*"The Thundering Herd" was remade for a 1933 sound version with some of the cast (Beery and Hatton) playing the same parts but Randolph Scott playing Jack Holt's role.
*Noah Beery, Sr. was the brother of screen legend Wallace Beery and father of Noah Beery, Jr. ("Rocky" in the 1970s television series "The Rockford Files").
*Raymond Hatton was making a series of comedies as half of an unofficial comedy team with Noah Beery's brother Wallace Beery during this period.