Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush

Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush (1954)

TV Movie Western

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.

  • Release Date: 1954-01-01
  • Runtime: 1h 17min
  • Director: Robert Emmett Tansey

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Cast

  • Hugh Hooker

    Don Sturgis aka The Texas Kid

  • John Laurenz

    Pepe Martinez

  • Pamela Blake

    Betty Johnson

  • Terry Frost

    Ray Finch

  • Monte Blue

    Sheriff

  • James Kirkwood

    Tim Johnson

  • Frank Jaquet

    Judge

  • Frank J. Scannell

    Frank Blake

  • John Compton

    Baden

  • Frank Marlowe

    Henchman Barton

  • Jack Low

    Henchman Ripper

  • Johnny Carpenter

    Henchman Brock

  • Noble 'Kid' Chissell

    Henchman Montana

  • Ann Duncan

    Sis Johnson

  • Bobby Taylor

    Bobby Johnson

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