''Lucky Cisco Kid'' is a 1940 Western film directed by

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and starring Cesar Romero,

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, and Dana Andrews, the latter in his film debut.

Plot summary

A gang of outlaws, led by Judge McQuade ( William Robertson), are committing crimes and blaming it on the Cisco Kid ( Cesar Romero), in McQuade's attempt to drive the settlers off the land and buy it himself. The Cisco Kid and Gordito (

Chris-Pin Martin Chris-Pin Martin (born Ysabel Ponciana Chris-Pin Martin Paiz, November 19, 1893 – June 27, 1953) was an American character actor whose specialty lay in portraying comical Mexicans, particularly sidekicks in ''The Cisco Kid'' film series. He ...

) eventually stop the scheme, and the Kid falls in love with widow Emily Lawrence ( Evelyn Venable).

Cast

* Cesar Romero as The Cisco Kid *

as Lola * Dana Andrews as Sergeant Dunn * Evelyn Venable as Emily Lawrence *

as Gordito * Willard Robertson as Judge McQuade * Joe Sawyer as Bill Stevens * Johnny Sheffield as Tommy Lawrence *

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as Sheriff *

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as Smoketree's Partner *

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as Queenie (uncredited)

External links

* 1940 films American black-and-white films Films directed by H. Bruce Humberstone 1940 Western (genre) films 20th Century Fox films American Western (genre) films Adaptations of works by O. Henry Cisco Kid 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{1940s-Western-film-stub