THE TERROR OF TINY TOWN

'''The Terror of Tiny Town''' is a 1938 film, produced by Jed Buell and directed by Sam Newfield, and starring Billy Curtis. It is the world's only Western with an all-midget cast. The plot is about a cowboy helping out a beautiful ranch owner menaced by local thugs. Using a conventional Western story with an entire midget cast, the filmmakers were able to showcase gags such as cowboys entering the local saloon by walking under the swinging doors, and pint-sized cowboys galloping around on Shetland ponies while roping calves. Many of these same actors were part of a performing troupe called Singer's Midgets, who also played Munchkins in ''The Wizard of Oz'', released in 1939.
Clips from the film were used in the video for the Dead Kennedys fast paced cover of the theme from ''Rawhide'' (from the ''In God We Trust, Inc'' album) and Hal Ketchum's music video for ''Small Town Saturday Night'' from his album ''Past The Point of Rescue''.

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In 1988, the punk rock band Adrenalin O.D. recorded a song entitled ''Theme From An Imaginary Midget Western'', an apparent nod to both this film and the recording ''Theme From An Imaginary Western'' by the band Mountain.
The film also appears in the background of scene from Johnny Suede where Brad Pitt (in one of his first roles) enthuses to his friend over the telephone about the film.

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