The Kid From Texas

A loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo finding himself at odds with high society and trying to save a floundering Wild West show.

Cast

Dennis O'Keefe

as William Quincy

Florence Rice

as Margo Thomas

John Hubbard

as Bertie Thomas

Jessie Ralph

as Aunt Minetta

Buddy Ebsen

as 'Snifty'

Virginia Dale

as 'Okay' Kinney

Robert Wilcox

as 'Duke' Hastings

Jack Carson

as Stanley Brown

Helen Lynd

as Mabel

Tully Marshall

as Adam Lambert

Reviews

John Chard

El Chivato The Kid from Texas (AKA: Texas Kid, Outlaw) is directed by Kurt Neumann and written by Robert Hardy Andrews and Karl Kamb. It stars Audie Murphy, Gale Storm, Albert Dekker, Shepperd Strudwick and Will Geer. Music is by Milton Schwarzwald and cinematography by Charles Van Enger. 1...

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