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

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Writers:

Endre Bohem (writer)
Hilda Bohem (writer)
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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)

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Series Directed by
Paul Landres		(31 episodes, 1950-1954)
Lambert Hillyer		(27 episodes, 1954-1956)
Leslie Goodwins		(12 episodes, 1955-1956)
Derwin Abrahams		(11 episodes, 1950)
Eddie Davis		(10 episodes, 1951-1954)
Albert Herman		(6 episodes, 1950-1951)
George Cahan		(5 episodes, 1952)

Series Writing credits
O. Henry		(156 episodes, 1950-1956)
J. Benton Cheney		(29 episodes, 1950-1956)
Barry Cohon		(15 episodes, 1954-1956)
Ande Lamb		(8 episodes, 1950-1956)
Barney A. Sarecky		(7 episodes, 1954-1956)
Betty Burbridge		(5 episodes, 1950-1951)
Sherman L. Lowe		(4 episodes, 1950-1951)
Warren Wilson		(4 episodes, 1951-1953)
Kenneth A. Enochs		(4 episodes, 1954-1956)
Wilbur S. Peacock		(4 episodes, 1954-1955)
Elizabeth Beecher		(3 episodes, 1951-1952)
Louise Rousseau		(3 episodes, 1951)
Donn Mullally		(3 episodes, 1953-1956)
Royal K. Cole		(2 episodes, 1950)
Buckley Angell		(2 episodes, 1955-1956)
Endre Bohem		(unknown episodes)
Hilda Bohem		(unknown episodes)
George Callahan		(unknown episodes)
Richard S. Conway		(unknown episodes)
Fred Leighton		(unknown episodes)
Irwin Lieberman		(unknown episodes)
Ben Markson		(unknown episodes)
Robert White		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Walter Schwimmer	....	producer (76 episodes, 1950-1956)
Frederick W. Ziv	....	executive producer / producer (27 episodes, 1950-1954)
Philip N. Krasne	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Albert Glasser		(156 episodes, 1950-1956)

Series Cinematography by
Kenneth Peach		(37 episodes, 1950-1952)
Daniel B. Clark		(unknown episodes)
Curt Fetters		(unknown episodes)
Robert Hoffman		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Asa Boyd Clark		(12 episodes, 1951-1952)
Martin G. Cohn		(7 episodes, 1950-1952)
Tholen Gladden		(6 episodes, 1950)
Arthur H. Bell		(4 episodes, 1950-1951)
Charles Craft		(3 episodes, 1950-1951)
Owen C. Gladden		(2 episodes, 1950)

Series Makeup Department
George Gray	....	makeup artist (13 episodes, 1951-1952)

Series Production Management
Eddie Davis	....	production manager (22 episodes, 1951-1954)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Eddie Davis	....	assistant director (18 episodes, 1950-1952)
William A. O'Connor	....	assistant director (7 episodes, 1950)
Eddie Stein	....	assistant director (7 episodes, 1951-1952)
Louis Germonprez	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1950)
Lou Perlof	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1950)

Series Art Department
Donald Sandstrom	....	property master (12 episodes, 1950-1951)
Eugene C. Stone	....	property master / props (12 episodes, 1950-1951)
Lou Hafley	....	property master (11 episodes, 1951-1952)

Series Sound Department
Garry A. Harris	....	sound (26 episodes, 1950-1952)
Victor B. Appel	....	sound (7 episodes, 1950)
Hugh McDowell Jr.	....	sound (2 episodes, 1950)

Series Stunts
Troy Melton	....	stunt double: Duncan Renaldo (13 episodes, 1950-1955)
Bill Catching	....	stunt double: Leo Carillo (5 episodes, 1950)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Barlow Simpson	....	lighting technician (26 episodes, 1951-1952)

Series Other crew
Mel Mark	....	assistant to producer (17 episodes, 1950-1952)
Maurice Unger	....	head of production (7 episodes, 1951-1952)

Production Companies

• ZIV Television Programs

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1954) (UK) (TV)
• Rhino Video (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• Marathon Music & Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Marathon Music & Video (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Navarre Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• VCI Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• VCI Home Video (2002) (USA) (VHS)
• Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (VHS)
• Moviecraft (2005) (USA) (VHS)
• Nostalgia Collectibles (2005) (USA) (VHS)
• Alpha Video Distributors (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Blair Entertainment (????) (USA) (TV) (syndication)
• MPI Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD) (collection 1)
• MPI Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD) (collection 2)
• Rhodes Productions (????) (USA) (TV) (syndication)

Other Companies

• Screen Time Images  color correction
• Screen Time Images  film restoration
• Screen Time Images  film transfer

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:

Diablo was The Cisco Kid's horse. Loco was Pancho's horse.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Version of The Cisco Kid (1994) (TV)

"O'Henry's famous Robin Hood of The Old West"

I enjoyed the Cisco Kid TV series very much when I was a kid.I frankly don't see why anyone could take offense at either of the leads. Unlike most comic reliefs,Pancho was very formidable when the chips were down. As far as O'Henry's original story,it is easily found.There was a set of books published between l900 and l9l0 with his collected stories which was printed in vast numbers which has everything he ever wrote;any large library should have it.However,the character in the story has absolutely nothing to do with the movie and TV character.He was an Anglo,not a Latino. Far more important, the character of the story was a depraved homicidal maniac,as well as an outlaw."It was the Kid's pastime to shoot Mexicans for the pleasure of watching them kick".That is as near as I can get from memory.I was pretty surprised when I first read this. As Kenneth MacGowan said in "Behind the Screen" about the movie character vs O'Henry's original creation "how this degenerate sadist" was turned into the familiar hero is anybody's guess.Some unknown scriptwriter apparently. The movie and TV figure is certainly a "Robin Hood of the Old West",but not O'Henry's. I believe that the story is to be found in the volume "The Heart of the West", but it might be in one of the others.