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Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
7.0 / 10• 1954• 1h 17m•NR• English
TV MovieWestern
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
HH
Hugh Hooker
Don Sturgis aka The Texas Kid
Lead
John Laurenz
Pepe Martinez
Pamela Blake
Betty Johnson
Terry Frost
Ray Finch
Monte Blue
Sheriff
James Kirkwood
Tim Johnson
FJ
Frank Jaquet
Judge
Frank J. Scannell
Frank Blake
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Emmett Tansey's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
