Summary
The Durango Kid is a sort of Robin Hood of the West who helps the lovely Walters (who replaced Starrett's usual love-interest, Iris Meredith), the daughter of a homesteader, defeat the evil MacDonald who has been terrorizing the decent citizens with his gang of rustlers.
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Audiences 62GoodWatch 69
IMDb6.2
Running time
1 h 1 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 westerns, −46 min on the typical 107
typical 10761Half of all westerns run 97–122 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 27 countries
Released
1940
August 15, 1940
86 years ago
Genre
WesternLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
and 12 more19 people
- Charles StarrettBill Lowry
- Luana WaltersNancy Winslow
- Kenneth MacDonaldMace Ballard
- Francis WalkerSteve
- Forrest TaylorBen Winslow
- Melvin LangMarshal Trayboe
- Bob NolanBob
- Pat BradyPat
Frank LaRueSam Lowry- STSilver Tip BakerPiute City Townsman (uncredited)
Steve ClarkHenchman Bixby (uncredited)- JEJack EvansNester (uncredited)
- RGRoger GrayHenchman Jergens (uncredited)
Ralph PetersTaylor (uncredited)
Jack RockwellJud Evans (uncredited)- GRGeorge RussellHenchman (uncredited)
Marin SaisMrs. Evans (uncredited)
Ben TaggartFlynn (uncredited)
John TyrrellHank Banning (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Lambert Hillyer Director
Writing · 1
- Paul Franklin Screenplay
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