The Cimarron Kid (1952)

Director:

Budd Boetticher

Writers:

Kay Lenard (story)
Louis Stevens (story)

Release Date:

January 1952 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

Audie Murphy comes into his own as a Western star in this story. Wrongly accused by crooked railroad...

Plot Keywords:

Remake

Cast

Audie Murphy	...	Bill Doolin aka The Cimarron Kid
Beverly Tyler	...	Carrie Roberts
James Best	...	Bitter Creek Dalton
Yvette Duguay	...	Cimarron Rose Adams (as Yvette Dugay)
John Hudson	...	Dynamite Dick Dalton
Hugh O'Brian	...	Red Buck
Roy Roberts	...	Pat Roberts
David Wolfe	...	Sam Swanson
Noah Beery Jr.	...	Bob Dalton (as Noah Beery)
Leif Erickson	...	Marshal John Sutton
John Hubbard	...	George Weber
Frank Silvera	...	Stacey Marshall

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Australia:PG | USA:Approved (certificate #15433) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Columbia State Historic Park - 22708 Broadway, Columbia, California, USA

Company:

Universal International Pictures (UI)

Trivia:

Film debut of William Reynolds.

Quotes:

Bill Doolin: I've got a rule of my own that might do you good to remember: there will be no killing unless it's forced upon us.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005) (TV)

A rip-roaring shoot-em-up with a great story line!

I never saw an Audie Murphy film I didn't like & this one is no exception. It is a real action packed shoot-em-up, but it also has a better than average plot to hold your attention between the action sequences that were Audie's trademarks. I knew Audie quite well, we used to shoot together at the various "fast draw" contests in CA that were popular back in the '60's. I can tell you this, anything you saw Audie do on film, he could do for real. He was one of the fastest guns in the movies, & he could do it with real bullets, not just blanks or wax bullets! He became a fine horseman, even riding some of his own horses in his films. Watch for Flying John, his horse that he rode in "Night Passage". Audie was a much better actor than he was ever given credit for, or allowed to be in Universal's films.