Cast
- Dennis O'Keefe as William "Wild Bill" Malone
- Florence Rice as Margo Thomas
- Buddy Ebsen as Snifty
- Jack Carson as Stanley Brown
- Virginia Dale as "Okay" Kinney
- Jessie Ralph as Aunt Minutia Thomas
| The Kid from Texas | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | S. Sylvan Simon |
| Screenplay by | Florence Ryerson Edgar Allan Woolf Albert Mannheimer |
| Story by | Milton Merlin Byron Morgan |
| Produced by | Edgar Selwyn |
| Starring | Dennis O'Keefe Florence Rice Anthony Allan Jessie Ralph Buddy Ebsen |
| Cinematography | Sidney Wagner |
| Edited by | Fredrick Y. Smith |
| Music by | William Axt |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Kid from Texas is a 1939 Western sports comedy film. [1]
Margo Thomas, a lady of New York high society, travels to Texas with her brother to buy a new polo pony. When they choose cocky cowboy William Quincy's favorite horse, he asks to accompany them on the trip back East, and when easy-going ranch hand Snifty is chosen instead, William goes along anyway.
William's happy that Margo's rich aunt Minetta takes a shine to him and he develops a romantic attraction to Margo, who resents his arrogance and presence on the Long Island estate so much at first that she asks polo players to pick a fight with him. Trying to learn her favorite sport, William leaves the estate in shame after being thrown from a horse during a polo match.
He still loves the game, so he and Snifty begin a series of Wild West polo matches in the city, "cowboys against Indians," that become popular. William makes the acquaintance of Okay Kinney, a young rider who falls for him. Margo's brother's team ends up playing his, and after impressing her with his skill, William deliberately loses the match, just to please her.
Australian sports star Snowy Baker trained actor Dennis O'Keefe to play polo for the film. [2] [3]
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