The Cisco Kid and the Lady

1939 film by Herbert I. Leeds

Stanley Rauh
O. Henry

Screenplay byFrances HylandProduced bySol M. WurtzelStarring

Cesar Romero
Marjorie Weaver
Chris-Pin Martin

CinematographyBarney McGillEdited byNick DeMaggioMusic bySamuel KaylinDistributed by20th Century Fox

Release date

December 29, 1939 (1939-12-29)

Running time

74 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

The Cisco Kid and the Lady is a 1939 American Western film starring Cesar Romero as the Cisco Kid, replacing Warner Baxter, who'd won the Academy Award for the role, and is the fifth film in The Cisco Kid series. For Cesar Romero, this was the first of six Cisco Kid roles.

Plot summary

Kid and his partner, Gordito, and another outlaw named Harbison are each bequeathed a third interest in a gold mine of a dying prospector and whose only request is that they take care of his baby. In order to make sure that each keeps their promise, he tears the map of the mine in 3 parts.

Cast

Cesar Romero as Cisco Kid
Marjorie Weaver as Julie Lawson
Chris-Pin Martin as Gordito
George Montgomery as Tommy Bates
Robert Barrat as Jim Harbison
Virginia Field as Billie Graham
Harry Green as Teasdale
Gloria Ann White as Baby
John Beach as Stevens
Ward Bond as Walton
J. Anthony Hughes as Drake
James Burke as Pop Saunders
Harry Hayden as Sheriff
James Flavin as Sergeant
Ruth Warren as Ma Saunders
Adrian Morris as Saloon Brawler

Reception

Frank S. Nugent, of The New York Times, reviewed the film saying, "In sum, The Cisco Kid and the Lady is good old-fashioned horse opera and good entertainment to boot".^[1] Time Out London wrote that the film has "a shaggy-dog charm".^[2] Paul Mavis of DVD Talk rated it 3.5/5 stars and called it "completely satisfying".^[3] Patrick Naugle of DVD Verdict wrote, "The Cisco Kid and the Lady is standard western stuff (everything unfolds as you'd expect, with the requisite happy ending), but for what it is, it's amusing and goes down easy as a shot of tequila."^[4]

Notes

Other films in which Cesar Romero played The Cisco Kid were:

Ride on Vaquero (1941)
Romance of the Rio Grande (1941)
The Gay Caballero (1940)
Lucky Cisco Kid (1940)
Viva Cisco Kid (1940)

References

^ Nugent, Frank S. (December 25, 1939). "THE CISCO KID AND THE LADY". The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
^ "The Cisco Kid and the Lady". Time Out London. September 10, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
^ Mavis, Paul (October 9, 2013). "The Cisco Kid and the Lady (Fox Cinema Archives)". DVD Talk. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
^ Naugle, Patrick (February 6, 2014). "The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939)". DVD Verdict. Archived from the original on April 5, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2015.