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The Kid from Kansas is a 1941 American drama set on a fictional island banana plantation owned by Juan Garcia Pancho (Leo Carrillo). Foreman Andy (Andy Devine) befriends newcomer Kansas (Dick Foran), but Pancho is leery of the stranger. Sabotage and seemingly bad luck befall Pancho and the other island plantation owners, coincidentally at the same time Kansas arrives on the scene. Fruit dealer Lee Walker (James Seay) announces a drop in prices. Before it can be taken to market, Pancho's entire crop is burned by an arsonist, and a plantation worker dies in the fire. The railroad tracks are destroyed and the workers call for a strike. Someone deliberately introduces an imported strain of banana fungus on all the plantations. Pancho is certain Kansas is involved. As things go from bad to worse, it is revealed that the chain of events were engineered by Walker, and that Kansas is a special undercover agent sent to investigate.
Original Release
09/19/1941
US Release
09/19/1941
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dick Foran | Kansas |
Leo Carrillo | Juan Garcia Pancho |
Andy Devine | Andy |
Ann Doran | Julie 'Smitty' Smith |
Francis McDonald | Cesar |
James Seay | Lee Walker |
Marcia Ralston | Linda Walker |
Wade Boteler | Russell |
Carmella Cansino | Rosita |
Demetris Emanuel | Native |
Directors
Writers
Griffin Jay, David Silverstein
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dick Foran | Kansas |
Leo Carrillo | Juan Garcia Pancho |
Andy Devine | Andy |
Ann Doran | Julie 'Smitty' Smith |
Francis McDonald | Cesar |
James Seay | Lee Walker |
Marcia Ralston | Linda Walker |
Wade Boteler | Russell |
Carmella Cansino | Rosita |
Demetris Emanuel | Native |
Leyland Hodgson | Roy York |
Tony Martelli | Overseer |
Antonio Moreno | Chief of Police |
Nestor Paiva | Jamaica |
Tony Paton | Guard |
Stanley Price | Guard |
Hilda Pualoa | Native Malayan Dancer |
Satini Pualoa | Native Malayan Dancer |
Richard Terry | Malayan Native |
Guy Usher | Maloney |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ben Pivar | Producer |