San Antonio Kid (1944)
1944 · Feature film · 53 min · dir. Howard Bretherton
- Western
Synopsis
A geologist has found oil on the neighboring ranches and teams up with Ace who has his gang create a reign of terror to get the ranchers to sell out. But to get rid of Red Ryder, Ace sends for the San Antonio Kid. Arriving, the Kid has a freak accident and Red comes along to save his life. When the Kid later meets with Ace he learns that Red is the man he has been paid to kill. Written by Maurice Van Auken
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Howard Bretherton
- Writer
- Norman S. Hall
- Studio
- Republic Pictures
- Released
- 1944-08-16
- Series
- Red Ryder Collection
- Running time
- 53 minutes
Cast & crew
Howard Bretherton Director
Bill Elliott
Robert Blake
Alice Fleming
Linda Stirling
Earle Hodgins
Glenn Strange
LeRoy Mason
Duncan Renaldo
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Bill Elliott Good As "Red Ryder" · porterville · 2011-05-21
"Wild" Bill Elliott has the role of Red Ryder in this fine western, "The San Antonio Kid." Robert (Bobby) Blake plays "Little Beaver." Robert Blake's role is larger in this movie than the later one(s) with Allan Lane. Duncan Renaldo, playing a few years later the role of Cisco, in "The Cisco Kid," has a good role in this film as "The San Antonio Kid." Earle Hodgins plays the comic sidekick of both Red and Little Beaver. A good plot, action, a little comedy, and it all adds up to good viewing for the fans of western films.
★★★ · Wild Bill Elliott & Robert Blake - Good Movie For Kids · Poohbah70 · 2019-12-23
With 11 year old Robert Blake given a prominent role as Little Beaver, Elliott's young Native American companion, this is the kind of childhood fantasy young boys dream about. How the Code condoned allowing boys to be involved in shootouts with murderers is beyond me - but here it is. Elliott fulfills his part as a good and righteous law abiding man, fit to bring up a boy in the right way. The plot is standard: LeRoy Mason and Glenn Strange find out there are huge oil deposits on local ranches and team up to scare residents into selling their ranches - cattle and horse rustling, arson, and…
