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The Cisco Kid is a half-hour American Western television series starring Duncan Renaldo in the title role, The Cisco Kid, and Leo Carrillo as the jovial sidekick, Pancho. Cisco and Pancho were technically desperados, wanted for unspecified crimes, but instead viewed by the poor as Robin Hood figures who assisted the downtrodden when law enforcement officers proved corrupt or unwilling to help. It was also the first television series to be filmed in color, although few viewers saw it in color until the 1960s.
The central character was created by the American short story author O. Henry in "The Caballero's Way", published in 1907 in the collection Heart of the West. Radio, television, and films have depicted the Cisco Kid as a heroic Mexican caballero, but in the original story, the Kid is non-Hispanic and a real, unusually vicious outlaw. The character was adapted as the radio drama The Cisco Kid in 1942–1955.Jackson Beck played the title role 1942–1945, and Jack Mather from 1946–1955.
Actors: Josh Moltane (actor), Jesse Luna (actor), Chuck Medwork (actor), Carlo Tellez (actor), Rob Archey (director),
Genres: Western,Actors: Warner Baxter (actor), Wallace Beery (actor), Jack Carson (actor), James Gleason (actor), Marie Dressler (actress), Aaron Stell (director), Aaron Stell (editor), Constance Moore (actress), Lola Albright (actress), Grant Leenhouts (producer), Grant Leenhouts (writer), Grant Leenhouts (writer), Jack Roberts (writer), George Cooper (actor),
Plot: This short on movie sound men starts with a short history of sound in the movies. We then see how the different jobs in the sound department contribute to the finished film. They start with the technicians, who record the original sounds, and end with the re-recording mixer who takes several different tracks and blends them into a single soundtrack.
Keywords: behind-the-scenes, narrationActors: Leo Carrillo (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), Byron Foulger (actor), Don C. Harvey (actor), Duncan Renaldo (actor), David Sharpe (actor), Henry Wills (actor), Ford Beebe (writer), O. Henry (writer), Albert Glasser (composer), Martin G. Cohn (editor), Leonard Penn (actor), Lee Phelps (actor), Philip N. Krasne (producer), Frank Matts (actor),
Plot: Two men dressed as Cisco and Pancho have been committing murder and robberies. With a reward now posted the real Cisco and Pancho are captured. But the outlaws have one big final job to do and need Cisco and Pancho as alibis. So they break them out of jail and make them prisoners. This gives Cisco and Pancho a chance to escape and clear themselves by bringing in the imposters.
Keywords: cisco-kid, framed-for-murder, murder, stagecoach-robberyActors: Martin G. Cohn (editor), Stephen Chase (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), Pedro de Cordoba (actor), George DeNormand (actor), Charles Halton (actor), O. Henry (writer), Albert Glasser (composer), Wallace Fox (director), Arnold Laven (miscellaneous crew), Frank Jaquet (actor), David Leonard (actor), Duncan Renaldo (actor), Leo Carrillo (actor), Duncan Renaldo (producer),
Plot: Cisco learns from the Padre that Pappy Del Rio, the town's leading citizen, is to be hung the next day for murder and robbery. The Padre thinks he is innocent so Cisco breaks him out and hides him. Cisco then runs into the Mayor, an outlaw he knows who is now using a different name. Cisco figures he is the murderer and sets out to prove it.
Keywords: 1880s, ambush, arizona, b-movie, b-western, capture, chase, cigarette-smoking, cisco-kid, comic-sidekickActors: Walter Baldwin (actor), Duncan Renaldo (actor), Bob Burns (actor), George DeNormand (actor), Bud Osborne (actor), Dick Elliott (actor), Frank Ellis (actor), Al Ferguson (actor), Sam Flint (actor), Lee Tung Foo (actor), Fred Kohler Jr. (actor), Leo Carrillo (actor), Kenneth MacDonald (actor), Clayton Moore (actor), Joe Sawyer (actor),
Plot: Chasing Mexican bandits, the Captain sees Cisco and Pancho ride away. Assuming they are the bandits he captures them and then lets them go. He has them followed figuring they will lead him to the entire gang. Cisco learns the editor and the blacksmith are the leaders. He makes the blacksmith think his partner double-crossed him and then joins up with him as his new partner planning to lead the entire gang into a trap.
Keywords: 1880s, arizona, b-movie, b-western, bandit, buddy, cantina, cisco-kid, dancer, dancingActors: William Austin (editor), George J. Lewis (actor), Francis McDonald (actor), Pedro Regas (actor), Duncan Renaldo (actor), Charles Stevens (actor), Soledad Jiménez (actress), O. Henry (writer), Lambert Hillyer (director), Joe Dominguez (actor), Martin Garralaga (actor), Ray Jones (actor), Johnston McCulley (writer), Armida (actress), Philip N. Krasne (producer),
Plot: Miguel Sanches, the operator of a large rancho, has stolen cattle and then had innocent suspects shot. Cisco has been called on for help and arriving finds a wagon under attack. His men drive off the attackers and he finds the victim was to be Sanches' replacement. After changing clothes with the man, Cisco arrives posing as him in a attempt to get evidience against Sanchez.
Keywords: cantina, cisco-kid, mexico, song, wineActors: Robert Barrat (actor), Warner Baxter (actor), Ward Bond (actor), Paul E. Burns (actor), Jim Corey (actor), Ralph Dunn (actor), Thornton Edwards (actor), C. Henry Gordon (actor), Herman Hack (actor), Henry Hull (actor), Victor Kilian (actor), Ethan Laidlaw (actor), Chris-Pin Martin (actor), Jim Mason (actor), Arthur Aylesworth (actor),
Plot: Cisco is attracted to Ann Carver and is soon involved in her and her Grandfather's problems. Sheriff McNally has taken their money, their deed, and thrown them in jail. After breaking them out he makes a deal to buy back their land from McNally and to get the money he and his comrades rob the bank. When time for the payoff arrives, McNally has his men ready to nab him but Cisco has a surprise for McNally.
Keywords: character-name-in-title, sequelActors: Alex Troffey (editor), James Bradbury Jr. (actor), Willard Robertson (actor), Charles Stevens (actor), Nora Lane (actress), Alfred A. Cohn (writer), O. Henry (writer), Irving Cummings (director), Warner Baxter (actor), John Webb Dillon (actor), Al Ernest Garcia (actor), George Irving (actor), Edmund Lowe (actor), Chris-Pin Martin (actor), Conchita Montenegro (actress),
Genres: Western,Actors: Jim Farley (actor), Edward Peil Sr. (actor), Henry Armetta (actor), Frank Campeau (actor), John Webb Dillon (actor), James Bradbury Jr. (actor), Warner Baxter (actor), Pat Hartigan (actor), Ivan Linow (actor), Tom London (actor), Edmund Lowe (actor), J. Farrell MacDonald (actor), James A. Marcus (actor), Alphonse Ethier (actor), Tom Santschi (actor),
Plot: Army Sergeant Mickey Dunn sets out in pursuit of the Cisco Kid, a notorious if kind-hearted and charismatic bandit of the Old West. The Kid spends much of his loot on Tonia, the woman he loves, not realizing that she is being unfaithful to him in his absence. Soon, with her oblivious paramour off plying his trade, Tonia falls in with Dunn, drawn by the allure of a substantial reward for the Kid's capture -- dead or alive. Together, they concoct a plan to ambush and do away with the Cisco Kid once and for all.
Keywords: 1890s, arizona, barber, barber-shop, blacksmith, caballero, cigar-smoking, cigarette-smoking, cisco-kid, cookActors: William R. Dunn (actor), Jack W. Johnston (actor), Hal Wilson (actor), Edna Payne (actress), O. Henry (writer), Webster Cullison (director),
Genres: Short, Western,The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
He drink whiskey, Poncho drink the wine
He drink whiskey, Poncho drink the wine
We met down on the fort of Rio Grande
We met down on the fort of Rio Grande
Eat the salted peanuts out of can
Eat the salted peanuts out the can
The outlaws had us pinned down at the fort
The outlaws had us pinned down at the fort
Cisco came in blastin', drinkin' port
Cisco came in blastin', drinkin' port
They rode the sunset, horse was made of steel
They rode the sunset, horse was made of steel
Chased a gringo last night through a field
Chased a gringo last night through a field
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid he was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid he was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid he was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid he was a friend of mine