Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush (1954)

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.

Directing:
  • Robert Emmett Tansey

Writing:
  • Robert Emmett Tansey

Stars:
Release Date: 1954-01-01
  • Country: US
  • Language: en
  • Runtime: 77
Pamela Blake
Pamela Blake
Betty Johnson
Terry Frost
Terry Frost
Ray Finch
Monte Blue
Monte Blue
Sheriff
Frank Marlowe
Frank Marlowe
Henchman Barton
Noble Chissell
Noble Chissel...
Henchman Montana
John Laurenz
John Laurenz
Pepe Martinez
James Kirkwood
James Kirkwoo...
Tim Johnson
Frank J. Scannell
Frank J. Scan...
Frank Blake
Johnny Carpenter
Johnny Carpen...
Henchman Brock
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Noble 'Kid' C...
Henchman Montana
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