The Cisco Kid and the Lady

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The Cisco Kid and the Lady
Directed by Herbert I. Leeds
Written by
Screenplay by Frances Hyland
Produced by Sol M. Wurtzel
Starring
Cinematography Barney McGill
Edited byNick DeMaggio
Music by Samuel Kaylin
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date
  • December 29, 1939 (1939-12-29)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Cisco Kid and the Lady is a 1939 American Western film starring Cesar Romero as the Cisco Kid, replacing Warner Baxter, who'd won the Academy Award for the role, and is the fifth film in The Cisco Kid series. For Cesar Romero, this was the first of six Cisco Kid roles.

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Plot summary

Kid and his partner, Gordito, and another outlaw named Harbison are each bequeathed a third interest in a gold mine of a dying prospector and whose only request is that they take care of his baby. In order to make sure that each keeps their promise, he tears the map of the mine in 3 parts.

Cast

Reception

Frank S. Nugent, of The New York Times , reviewed the film saying, "In sum, The Cisco Kid and the Lady is good old-fashioned horse opera and good entertainment to boot". [1] Time Out London wrote that the film has "a shaggy-dog charm". [2] Paul Mavis of DVD Talk rated it 3.5/5 stars and called it "completely satisfying". [3] Patrick Naugle of DVD Verdict wrote, "The Cisco Kid and the Lady is standard western stuff (everything unfolds as you'd expect, with the requisite happy ending), but for what it is, it's amusing and goes down easy as a shot of tequila." [4]

Notes

Other films in which Cesar Romero played The Cisco Kid were:

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References

  1. Nugent, Frank S. (December 25, 1939). "THE CISCO KID AND THE LADY". The New York Times . Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  2. "The Cisco Kid and the Lady". Time Out London . Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  3. Mavis, Paul (October 9, 2013). "The Cisco Kid and the Lady (Fox Cinema Archives)". DVD Talk . Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  4. Naugle, Patrick (February 6, 2014). "The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939)". DVD Verdict . Archived from the original on April 5, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2015.