THE THUNDERING HERD
DIRECTED BY HENRY HATHAWAY
PARAMOUNT PICTURES
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Plot Summary
Both Sprague and Jett and their crews are hunting buffalo.
Doan is with Sprague and is looking for the Jett outfit where his girlfriend Milly
is being held against her will. In addition to the thieving
Jett who is stealing Sprague's furs, the Indians are gathering to attack all
the white buffalo hunters.
Written by Maurice VanAuken
Cast
Randolph Scott ... Tom Doan
Judith Allen ... Milly Fayre
Buster Crabbe ... Bill Hatch
Noah Beery ... Randall Jett
Raymond Hatton ... Jude Pilchuck
Blanche Fridericik ... Mrs. Jane Jett (as Blanche Frederici)
Harry Carey ... Clark Sprague
Monte Blue ... Smiley
Barton MacLane ... Pruitt
Al Bridge ... Catlee - Pruitt's Henchman
Dick Rush ... Middlewest
Frank Rice ... Blacksmith
Buck Connors ... Buffalo Hunter
Charles McMurphy ... Andrews
Iron Eyes Cody ... Indian (uncredited)
Francis Ford ... Frank (uncredited)
and many more...
Directed
Henry Hathaway
Writing Credits
Zane Grey ... (original story)
Jack Cunningham ... (screenplay) and
Mary Flannery ... (screenplay)
Produced
Harold Hurley ... producer
Music
Karl Hajos ... (uncredited)
Cinematography
Ben F. Reynolds ... (as Ben Reynolds)
Trivia
The film's scenes of the buffalo herds were filmed in Yellowstone National Park.
This is one of 20 Zane Grey stories, filmed by Paramount in the 1930s, which they sold to Favorite Films for re-release, circa 1950-1952. The failure of Paramount, the original copyright holder, to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.
Re-titled 'Buffalo Stampede' by Favorite Films for its 1950 re-release, this title was often shown in tandem with the re-release of Born to the West (1937), re-titled 'Hell Town'.
Re-titled 'Buffalo Stampede,' this film was first telecast in Detroit Sunday 21 February 1954 on WXYZ (Channel 7), Sunday 28 February 1954 on WCBS (Channel 2), and in Los Angeles Sunday 9 May 1954 on KNBH (Channel 4). In San Francisco it hit the airwaves Monday 5 September 1955 on KPIX (Channel 5).
The 20 Zane Grey stories sold by Paramount to Favorite Films for theatrical re-release, and then to Unity Television Corporation for television broadcast are as follows: The Light of Western Stars/Winning the West (1930), Fighting Caravans/Blazing Arrows (1931), Heritage of the Desert/When the West Was Young (1932), The Mysterious Rider/The Fighting Phantom (1933), The Thundering Herd/Buffalo Stampede (1933), Man of the Forest/Challenge of the Frontier (1933), To the Last Man/Law of Vengeance (1933), Wagon Wheels/Caravans West (1934), Rocky Mountain Mystery/The Fighting Westerner (1935), Drift Fence/Texas Desperadoes (1936), Desert Gold/Desert Storm (1936), The Arizona Raiders/Bad Men of Arizona (1936), Arizona Mahoney/Arizona Thunderbolt (1936), Forlorn River/River of Destiny (1937), Thunder Trail/Thunder Pass (1937), Born to the West/Hell Town (1937), The Mysterious Rider/Mark of the Avenger (1938), Heritage of the Desert/Heritage of the Plains (1939), Knights of the Range/Bad Men of Nevada (1940), and The Light of Western Stars/Border Renegade (1940)
Goofs
Boom mic visible
During the first scene between Randolph Scott and Buster Crabbe, the shadow of the boom mike is clearly visible on both actors.
Memorable Quotes
Filming Locations
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA (buffalo herd)
Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA
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