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The Durango Kid rides off into the sunset in this, the last of Columbia's Saturday Matinee Westerns. Charles Starrett plays the former Texas Ranger who takes on the persona of the mysterious "Durango Kid" in order to effect justice in this long-running series. Smiley Burnette reprises the role of the faithful sidekick, Jock Mahoney appears as a central character - both good guy and bad guy - and our hero (Starrett) finds himself on trial for murder! Director Fred F. Sears, former actor (Laramie Mountains — an earlier entry in the Durango Kid series), would go on to direct some of Columbia's grittiest urban dramas and sci-fi spectaculars in the 1950s. In this strange and wonderful send-up of the classical "horse opera," Sears constructs a decidedly untypical narrative full of flashbacks and unexpected character development, providing a comic coda to one of the studio's most popular franchises. Newly remastered.
Original Release
08/19/1952
US Release
08/19/1952
Cast
Name | Character |
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Charles Starrett | Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid |
Jock Mahoney | Jack Mahoney (as Jack Mahoney) / Jack Mahoney |
Angela Stevens | Gail Kingston |
Tristram Coffin | Martin Donohugh |
Myron Healey | Kiefer - Attorney / Kiefer |
Helen Mowery | Dixie King (archive footage) / Dixie King |
Smiley Burnette | Smiley Burnette |
Ernie Adams | The Printer: clips from 'The Fighting Frontiersman) |
Chris Alcaide | Matt Fallon |
Steve Benton | Juror |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Charles Starrett | Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid |
Jock Mahoney | Jack Mahoney (as Jack Mahoney) / Jack Mahoney |
Angela Stevens | Gail Kingston |
Tristram Coffin | Martin Donohugh |
Myron Healey | Kiefer - Attorney / Kiefer |
Helen Mowery | Dixie King (archive footage) / Dixie King |
Smiley Burnette | Smiley Burnette |
Ernie Adams | The Printer: clips from 'The Fighting Frontiersman) |
Chris Alcaide | Matt Fallon |
Steve Benton | Juror |
Bullet | Steve's Horse |
John Cason | Chuck |
Donald Chaffin | Courtroom Deputy |
George Chesebro | Henchman Rankin: clips from 'The Fighting Frontiersman' |
Bill Clark | Courtroom Deputy |
Edgar Dearing | Judge Halloway |
Jim Diehl | Henchman |
Robert Filmer | Munro: clips from 'The Fighting Frontiersman' |
Edward Hearn | Jury Foreman |
Charles Horvath | Al - Henchman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Colbert Clark | Producer |