"The Cisco Kid" (1950) TV series 1950-1956

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Writers:

Endre Bohem (writer)
Hilda Bohem (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

6 March 1950 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

The Cisco Kid and his English-mangling sidekick Pancho travel the old west in the grand tradition of the Lone Ranger...

Plot Keywords:

Cisco Kid | Character Name In Title

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Duncan Renaldo	...	The Cisco Kid / ... (156 episodes, 1950-1956)
Leo Carrillo	...	Pancho / ... (156 episodes, 1950-1956)
Diablo	...	Himself - Cisco's Horse / ... (70 episodes, 1950-1956)

Runtime:

30 min (156 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved

Filming Locations:

Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

Company:

ZIV Television Programs

Trivia:

In the 1953 season star Duncan Renaldo was injured in a rock fall and hospitalized, resulting in his missing nine episodes. To cover for Renaldo's absence on the show, the Cisco Kid was shown wearing masks, disguised as a ghost and in other situations where a double could be used for him and footage of him that had been previously shot but not used was also used. He recorded his lines from his hospital bed.

Quotes:

[last lines of each episode]
The Cisco Kid: Oh, Pancho!
Pancho: Oh, Cisco!

Movie Connections:

Version of The Cisco Kid (1994) (TV)

TV nostalgia

I remember the TV series fondly. One of the Connecticut TV stations ran reruns in the late 1960s/early 1970s. I enjoyed it as a child. I just picked up a bargain DVD with several episodes. Nothing is the same as an adult as when you first saw something as a child or teenager but these hold up well.

Some may see some ethnic stereotyping. Isn't that true for too many things coming out of an earlier era. I would be interested in reading the O. Henry story. Remember the dime novels of the late 1800s/early 1900s led into the shorts and westerns of the early decades of American films.