''The Durango Kid'' is a 1940 American

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directed by

Lambert Hillyer Lambert Harwood Hillyer (July 8, 1893 – July 5, 1969) was an American film director and screenwriter. Biography Lambert Harwood Hillyer was born July 8, 1893, in Tyner, Indiana. His mother was character actress Lydia Knott. A graduate of ...

, starring

Charles Starrett Charles Robert Starrett (March 28, 1903 – March 22, 1986) was an American actor, best known for his starring role in the ''Durango Kid'' westerns. Starrett still holds the record for starring in the longest series of theatrical features: ...

Luana Walters Luana Walters (July 22, 1912 – May 19, 1963) was an American motion picture actress from Los Angeles, California. Biography Walters was an expert horsewoman, which led to her discovery as an actress at a rodeo in Palm Springs, California. ...

and Kenneth McDonald. This is the first of 65 Durango Kid movies Starrett made at Columbia Pictures.

Plot summary

In this timeless classic western film the protagonist Durango kid (Charles Starrett) stands off against Sam Lowry (Frank LaRue) for the hand of Nancy Winslow (Luana Walters)

Cast

as Bill Lowry / The Durango Kid *

as Nancy Winslow * Kenneth MacDonald as Mace Ballard * Francis Walker as Henchman Steve *

Forrest Taylor Edwin Forrest Taylor (December 29, 1883 – February 19, 1965) was an American character actor whose artistic career spanned six different decades, from silents through talkies to the advent of color films. Early years Taylor was born in Bl ...

as Ben Winslow * Melvin Lang as Marshal Dan Trayboe *

Bob Nolan Bob Nolan (born Clarence Robert Nobles; April 13, 1908 – June 16, 1980, name changed to Robert Clarence Nobles in 1929) was a Canadian-born American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a founding member of the Sons of the Pioneers, and compo ...

as Bob - Member of Sons of the Pioneers * Pat Brady as Pat - Member of Sons of the Pioneers * Frank LaRue as Sam Lowry *

Sons of the Pioneers The Sons of the Pioneers are one of the United States' earliest Western singing groups. Known for their vocal performances, their musicianship, and their songwriting, they produced innovative recordings that have inspired many Western music perf ...

as Ranch Hands and Musicians

Notes

Columbia and Starrett also made ''The Return of the Durango Kid'' (1945), ''Landrush'' (1946), ''Quick on the Trigger'' (1948), ''Laramie'' (1949), ''Renegades of the Sage'' (1949), ''Horsemen of the Sierras'' (1949), ''Streets of Ghost Town'' (1950), ''Texas Dynamo'' (1950), ''Lightning Guns'' (1950), ''Frontier Outpost'' (1950), ''Raiders of Tomahawk Creek'' (1950), ''Across the Badlands'' (1950), and ''Junction City'' (1952).

References

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* * American Western (genre) films 1940 Western (genre) films 1940 films Films directed by Lambert Hillyer Columbia Pictures films American black-and-white films 1940s American films {{1940s-Western-film-stub