The Apache Kid
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90% Critic Match

The Apache Kid

Fighting fire with fire...The Apache Kid turns outlaw to beat a crime king at his own game!

9.0 / 10 1941 56mNR English
Western

Storyline

Don "Red" Barry, Republic's answer to Jimmy Cagney, stars in The Apache Kid. Barry plays Pete Dawson, a pugnacious cowboy who dons a mask and becomes a stagecoach robber. It's all in a good cause, however: Dawson is stealing from the town boss (Leroy Mason) who has ripped off a group of miners. Heroine Lynn Merrick is the daughter of the local judge, so naturally she misunderstands Barry's motives, at least until fadeout time.

Cast & Crew

Don 'Red' Barry

Don 'Red' Barry

Pete Dawson aka The Apache Kid

Lead
Lynn Merrick

Lynn Merrick

Barbara Taylor

LeRoy Mason

LeRoy Mason

Nick Barter

Robert Fiske

Robert Fiske

Joe Walker

John Elliott

John Elliott

Judge John Taylor

Forbes Murray

Forbes Murray

U. S. Road Commissioner

Monte Montague

Monte Montague

Sheriff

Al St. John

Al St. John

Stage Guard Dangle

What People Are Saying

5.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. George Sherman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
5.0
Every frame feels alive. The Apache Kid is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker