The Utah Kid (1930 Film)
''The Utah Kid'' is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Rex Lease and Boris Karloff. Cast * Rex Lease as Cal Reynolds * Dorothy Sebastian as Jennie Lee * Tom Santschi as Butch * Mary Carr as Aunt Ada * Walter Miller as Sheriff Jim Bentley * Lafe McKee as Parson Joe * Boris Karloff as Henchman Baxter * Bud Osborne as Deputy * Chuck Baldra as Henchman (uncredited) * Ralph Bucko as Henchman (uncredited) * Bob Burns as Barfly (uncredited) * Fred Burns as Rancher (uncredited) * Bob Card as Henchman (uncredited) * Bud McClure as Henchman (uncredited) * Art Mix as Deputy (uncredited) * Jack Rockwell as Henchman (uncredited) * Hal Taliaferro as Deputy (uncredited) * Al Taylor as Henchman (uncredited) * Blackie Whiteford as Henchman (uncredited) * Jay Wilsey as Deputy (uncredited) Plot A reformed outlaw (Lease) marries a teacher (Sebastian) to protect her from his gang, Production In addition to Thorpe as director, Frank Howard Clark wa ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Richard Thorpe
Richard Thorpe (born Rollo Smolt Thorpe; February 24, 1896 – May 1, 1991) was an American film director best known for his long career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Biography Born Rollo Smolt Thorpe in Hutchinson, Kansas, Richard Thorpe began his entertainment career performing in vaudeville and onstage. In 1921 he began in motion pictures as an actor and directed his first silent film in 1923. He went on to direct more than one hundred and eighty films. He worked frequently at the Poverty Row studio Chesterfield Pictures during the 1930s. The first full-length motion picture he directed for MGM was ''Last of the Pagans'' (1935) starring Ray Mala. At MGM, he teamed up with producer Pandro S. Berman in the 1950s, with whom he made several films, including '' Ivanhoe'' (1952), ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1952), '' Knights of the Round Table'' (1953), '' All the Brothers Were Valiant'' (1953) and ''The Adventures of Quentin Durward'' (1955). After directing ''The Last Challenge'' in 19 ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]