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75% Critic Match
The Stranger From Ponca City
“Durango's A Whirlwind Of ACTION! Smiley's a Cyclone Of MIRTH!”
7.5 / 10• 1947• 56m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
A saddle-weary Steve Larkin, also the Duranko Kid, rides into Red Mound, a town filled with cattle rustlers. Cafe owner Smiley, befriends Steve and fills him in on the activities. Steve angers the rustler's leader, Flip Dugan when he purchases the old Atkins ranch which is supposedly haunted. Flip and his henchmen try to prevent the recording of the deed, but the Durango Kid and Deputy Marshal Tug Carter win the gun battle.
Cast & Crew
Charles Starrett
Steve Larkin / The Durango Kid
Lead
Virginia Hunter
Terry Saunders
TJ
Texas Jim Lewis
Band Leader Tex
Smiley Burnette
Smiley Burnette
Jock Mahoney
Henchman Tensleep (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard
Henchman (uncredited)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Derwin Abrahams's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Stranger From Ponca City is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
