Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush

Overview

In TV's pioneer days when kids idolized the Lone Ranger, the Texas Kid was a knight errant of the frontier leading the fight for law and order alongside his Mexican companion Pepe. In this rarely-seen TV pilot, the Kid and Pepe intercede on behalf of the murdered rancher's daughter, openly defying the landgrabbers in a cow town so lawless that rustlers operate in broad daylight! Shot at the Corrigan Ranch in 1950, TEXAS KID co-starred Mercury Records recording artist John Laurenz as Pepe and stuntman Hugh Hooker as the Kid. Hooker, a specialist in stunts involving horses and stagecoaches, often doubled Gene Autry and even produced a few movies, including the low-budget gem . That movie's star was Hugh's teenage son Buddy Joe Hooker, whose own subsequent, stellar stunt career inspired HOOPER (1978), Burt Reynolds' hit comedy tribute to movie stuntmen.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1954

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

John Jay Franklin Productions

Cast

John Compton,Johnny Carpenter,John Laurenz,Hugh Hooker,Monte Blue,Jack Low,Frank Marlowe,James Kirkwood,Frank J. Scannell,Noble 'Kid' Chisselland 5 more

Director

Robert Emmett Tansey

Writer

Robert Emmett Tansey

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0380168