Release Year: 1931
Release Date: Sat Jan 31 1931
Runtime: 74 minutes
Filmed In Black And White
Genre: Western
Filming Locations: Alabama Hills, Lone Pine
Studio: Fox Films
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Plot: Whistling Dan Barry, a cowboy with an untamed heart and a love for all creatures, tames a beautiful wild stallion and frees a German Shephard dog caught in a steel trap. With “Black Bart” the dog following, Dan rides his new horse “Satan” home to the Cumberland ranch, where he has lived for ten years. Cumberland’s daughter Kate berates Dan for staying away for so long, but nonetheless defends him when Cumberland insists that Black Bart be sent away. Cumberland relents, but explains to Kate that she should not give her heart to Dan, who has been wild himself since his family was lost in a flood ten years ago. Cumberland found young Dan roaming the wilderness alone, and he fears that Dan will never understand the treacherous ways of human beings. After Kate gives him the good news that Black Bart can stay, Dan goes to town, where he wins the bets testing his shooting ability offered by a boastful stranger, Jim Silent. They go to the bar, where Silent starts a fight with Dan, and during the confusion, Silent, Lee Haines and their gang steal the bar’s till. Dan is knocked unconscious and in danger of being killed when the bar catches fire, but he is rescued by Satan and Black Bart. Everyone, including the gang, Kate and Cumberland, believes that Dan is dead, but, later that night, Dan’s eerie whistling convinces the gang that he is still alive. Haines tries to use Kate as a lure to capture Dan the next day, but the scheme does not work, and Silent kidnaps her. Dan joins forces with Marshal Tex Calder, who deputizes him, and the pair trace the gang to the Elkhead Hotel, where Si
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Sources: Museum Of Western Film History Archives, IMDb