The Tonto Kid (1934)
1934 · Feature film · 57 min · dir. Harry L. Fraser
HISTORY IGNORES HIM...YET THE "KID" MADE HISTORY EVERY MOMENT OF HIS LIFE!
- Western
Synopsis
Lawyer Creech is after the ranch of the dying Cartwright. First he brings in Cahill to pose as the only living relative. Then when the Tonto Kid finds platinum on the ranch, Creech frames him for murder.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Harry L. Fraser
- Writer
- Christopher Booth
- Studio
- Resolute Pictures Corp.
- Released
- 1934-08-14
- Running time
- 57 minutes
Cast & crew
Harry L. Fraser Director
Rex Bell
Ruth Mix
Buzz Barton
Theodore Lorch
Joseph W. Girard
Barbara E. Robertson
Jack Rockwell
Murdock MacQuarrie
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★ · Rex Bell As A Real Tonto Roustabout · Poohbah70 · 2019-11-11
Here's another western with a mix of well worn, often used plots. Rex Bell, handsome devil, is a bit of a ne'er do well, roustabout, all around good guy framed as a murderer by the friendly, deceitful, bad guy of a lawyer, Theodore Lorch (Sam Creech). He preys on the weak and needy Helen Mix (Nancy Cahill) and Buzz Barton (Wesley Fritch) using them to deceive the law into believing Mix is the real heir to some valuable land. He find's out how valuable from a trusting Bell early on in the film - there's a load of platinum on the Cartwright ranch and they are the only two who know about it.…
