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The Gay Amigo

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The Gay Amigo
Original film poster
Directed byWallace Fox
Written byDoris Schroeder
Based onO. Henry (character)
Produced byPhilip N. Krasne
StarringDuncan Renaldo
Leo Carrillo
Armida
CinematographyErnest Miller
Edited byMartin G. Cohn
Music byAlbert Glasser
Production
company
Inter-American Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • 1949 (1949)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Gay Amigo is a 1949 American Western film starring Duncan Renaldo in the lead role of The Cisco Kid. This film was one entry in a series of Cisco Kid B Westerns[1] produced by Philip N. Krasne. Ziv Television Programs later advanced money to Krasne in order to purchase the television rights for the Cisco Kid.[2] Krasne later produced The O. Henry Playhouse.

Plot

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Cisco and Pancho are at the border of the Arizona Territory and Mexico where they see a platoon of U.S. Cavalry pursuing what looks to be a band of bandidos. Escaping to Mexico, one of the bandidos falls off his horse. Cisco and Pancho see that not only is he dead, but he is actually a Norteamericano in charro costume. Cisco and Pancho use the U.S. Army, the local newspaper, a bar girl and a variety of respectable American citizens by playing them off against each other to discover the Americans attempting to blame Mexicans for stopping Arizona Statehood.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ p. 103 Baugh, Scott L. Latino American Cinema: An Encyclopedia of Movies, Stars, Concepts, and Trends Greenwood; Illustrated edition (April 13, 2012)
  2. ^ Grams, Martin Science Fiction Theatre: A History of the Television program, 1955-1957 BearManor Media (August 30, 2011)
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