The Deadline is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Buck Jones and Robert Ellis. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Plot
Cast Buck Jones as Buck Donlin (as Charles 'Buck' Jones) Loretta Sayers as Helen Evans Robert Ellis as Ira Coleman (a.k.a. Clink Durand) Ed Brady as Lefty (as Edwin J. Brady) G. Raymond Nye as Sheriff Grady Knute Erickson as Otto George Ernest as Jimmy Evans Harry Todd as Chloride James Curtis as Shores (uncredited) James Farley as Cassiday (uncredited)
Critical reception Variety gave a positive review and wrote, "[the film contains] All the best elements of the good grade of old time western, done effectively with dialog and sound ... It looks like a sure winner ... Story has a world of action, with intricate complications that engage attention and make for suspense." The reviewer also complimented the performances : "Picture has several nicely played types; Loretta Sayers does the heroine vastly better than most young women manage western roles of the kind, and George Ernest does a kid role that will evoke a-a-ahs. Jones himself plays with a good deal of reserve and force, considering the flamboyant role he tackles."
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