Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
Genres
Overview
In TV's pioneer days when kids idolized the Lone Ranger, the Texas Kid was a knight errant of the frontier leading the fight for law and order alongside his Mexican companion Pepe. In this rarely-seen TV pilot, the Kid and Pepe intercede on behalf of the murdered rancher's daughter, openly defying the landgrabbers in a cow town so lawless that rustlers operate in broad daylight! Shot at the Corrigan Ranch in 1950, TEXAS KID co-starred Mercury Records recording artist John Laurenz as Pepe and stuntman Hugh Hooker as the Kid. Hooker, a specialist in stunts involving horses and stagecoaches, often doubled Gene Autry and even produced a few movies, including the low-budget gem . That movie's star was Hugh's teenage son Buddy Joe Hooker, whose own subsequent, stellar stunt career inspired HOOPER (1978), Burt Reynolds' hit comedy tribute to movie stuntmen.
Details
Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
77 min
Release Date
1954-01-01
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
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Vote Average
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Hugh Hooker
Don Sturgis aka The Texas Kid
John Laurenz
Pepe Martinez
Pamela Blake
Betty Johnson
Terry Frost
Ray Finch
Monte Blue
Sheriff
James Kirkwood
Tim Johnson
Frank Jaquet
Judge
Frank J. Scannell
Frank Blake
John Compton
Baden
Frank Marlowe
Henchman Barton
Jack Low
Henchman Ripper
Johnny Carpenter
Henchman Brock
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Henchman Montana
Ann Duncan
Sis Johnson
Bobby Taylor
Bobby Johnson
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