Terror of Tiny Town

Terror of Tiny Town (1938)

  • 39% of users liked it
    (1,307 ratings)

This film is, as far as is known, the world's only Western with an all-midget cast. The conventional plot -- about a cowboy helping out a beautiful ranch owner menaced by local thugs -- is an excuse for the filmmakers to show cowboys entering the local saloon by walking under the swinging doors and… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 3 min.
Directed By
Sam Newfield
Genres
Western, Action & Adventure, Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy
In Theaters
Dec 1, 1938 Wide
On DVD
Feb 22, 2005
Astor Pictures Corporation

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    It holds up as a curio for those parties who are just curious to see midget cowboys in action.

  • Phil Hall, Film Threat

    That infamous midget Western, and weirdly entertaining. Well worth a glimpse.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Tim S


    This sort of came out of the blue for me. My girlfriend and I watched it from a DVD set that has nineteen other movies on it, and so far this is the best of the lot... which isn't saying much. The Terror of Tiny Town tells a very generic western story of the bad guy coming to… More

  • El Hombre I


    The year 1938 saw the premiere of a light hearted screwball comedy that failed in its initial release, but has grown in cinematic stature to achieve classic status. That film was Bringing Up Baby. This film, which is the first and only midget musical western, was released the same… More

  • Bruce B


    A very weird early western featuring all midget cast, thought after watching it I'd say some of the midgets were just short people under 4 ft 11 inch does that make you a midget. Typical early western good guys wear white, bad guys wear black, Reading about the history of this… More

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