Fair Warning (1931 film)

1931 film

February 1, 1931 (1931-02-01)

Running time

74 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Fair Warning is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring George O'Brien, Louise Huntington and Mitchell Harris. It is a remake of the 1920 silent film The Untamed.^[1] The 1937 film Fair Warning is not a remake of this one.^[2] The film's premise came from a novel by Max Brand, which initially was published in serial form in The All-Story from December 7, 1918, through January 11, 1919.^[3]

Plot

When Whistlin' Dan Barry is warned to leave a town, he refuses to do so. As a result, he defeats Jim Silent (the town's villain) and gets romantic with Kate Cumberland.^[2]

Cast

George O'Brien as Whistlin' Dan Barry
Louise Huntington as Kate Cumberland
Mitchell Harris as Jim Silent
George Brent as Les Haines
Nat Pendleton as Purvis
John Sheehan as Kelduff
Willard Robertson as Tex Calder
Ernie Adams as Jordan
Erwin Connelly as Morgan
Alphonse Ethier as Mr. Cumberland

Reception

A review in Harrison's Reports called Fair Warning "an excellent outdoor picture" that had O'Brien in a fearless role, helping him to win "the spectator's good will, which follows him throughout the story."^[4]

References

^ Solomon p. 325
^ ^a ^b Erickson, Hal. "Fair Warning (1931)". AllMovie. Archived from the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
^ "Fair Warning (1931)". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Archived from the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
^ "'Fair Warning' - with George O'Brien". Harrison's Reports. January 24, 1931. p. 14. Retrieved July 19, 2021.