''Navajo Kid'' is a 1945 American

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film directed by

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for Alexander-Stern Productions and starring Bob Steele as the titular character, Syd Salor and Ed Cassidy. It was distributed by

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(PRC) and commercially released in the United States on 21 November 1945. It was filmed in Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch,

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, California, United States.

Plot

Tom Kirk, the "Navajo Kid", ( Bob Steele) is determined to find his adoptive father's ( George Morrel) murderer. When he finds Honest John Grogan ( I. Stanford Jolly) with his father's ring, he immediately arrests him. While Honest John was indeed part of the gang which killed Joe Kirk, the gang-leader was Matt Crandall (

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). As Tom begins hunting for Matt, he soon discovers who his true biological father is.

Cast

* Bob Steele as Tom Kirk a.k.a. The Navajo Kid *

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as Happy *

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as Sheriff Roy Landon * Caren Marsh as Winnie McMasters *

as Matt Crandall

References

External links

* American black-and-white films 1945 films American Western (genre) films 1945 Western (genre) films Films directed by Harry L. Fraser Films shot in California Films with screenplays by Harry L. Fraser 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{1940s-Western-film-stub